I'm not expecting military training from anyone, nor am I expecting more from numbers we don't have. I'm just asking for everyone to think things through. If anything, it's because we don't have the numbers the Regent does that I'm concerned we need to be more careful.

And when you say everyone involved considered the consequences -- did they really? If the entire group was wiped out, did they consider what that would mean for the Pleroma as a whole, or the fate of the worlds? I only came along myself because I wanted to avoid that outcome.

[As for the purifying talk...]

The dragon said the Regent marked Horos, long before they came along. It seems like it grants the Regent some literal, tangible power that meant the dragon couldn't just bulldoze into the Citadel through brute force. You know?

I don't know what kind of power we'd need to remove those stains on the land, which is why I'm asking for suggestions. I'm sure bolstering the resistance is one part of it, but there has to be more we can learn.