| [the decision to have lord francel meet with the garlean ambassador is a conflicted thing at best.
the only reason he is chosen, in truth, is that captain portelaine down at the observatorium abstained from the duty. the man is hard-edged and hard-nosed, but given his ties through house durendaire to lord drillemont at whitebrim front, many believed that he would be best-suited to a seat at the garlean peace talks. strangely, however, he demurred at the opportunity. i have worked with the scions before, he confessed over their long table, their cheap wine, but what is good for the scions is not necessarily what is good for ishgard. nay, my thoughts would be compromised. we must needs choose another.
lord drillemont declined for much the same reasons. i know little and less of the imperials, he had murmured, stroking his beard. i am of the mind to refuse their entreaties, given ishgard's new ties to the eorzean alliance, but it would not be meet to refuse them. lord francel, have you not made contact with these garleans through their activities near monument tower?
it would have been lovely to hear haurchefant's opinion, francel thinks. but of course, he wasn't there.
haurchefant is dead.] |
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