The Ties That Bind

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I have been thinking. The problem with the Keeper idea, aside from being barbaric and brutal, is not that it didn't work. It was, that it was good enough. It delayed the inevitable conflict with Teth until another day. It perpetuates inaction. That bahmi from Meridian that brought us back, Rahn. He took action. He did something to change the Wilds. And he paid a price. Anyone who does something good in the Wilds pays a price, from the whale hunters to old Queen Nar who first united us. Queen Nar... That gives me an idea.

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Ascended. Good to see you again. It took you long enough to get here, it's been like months. Or was it? They say when Rhinenahyrcaros approaches, time passes strangely. Shhh... Don't use our real names. We're going by "Ilt" and "Bardam" here. It's silly I know. But no one has recognized us out here. We've just been out here doing farm labor. We haven't used our primal powers in ... well forever. We're just regular people here. Doing hard, sweaty manual labor. I'm sorry, Suns was lifting something really heavy above his head and my mind wandered.