K'rei looked around and listened, surprised and bemused at the scene which unfolded before her. The very same people who were berating the young were the ones acting immature themselves. She watched K'luha and K'ailia walk away and sighed inwardly. The day had hardly begun and the important part was about to begin. Opening statements made; it was now time for the discussion to actually begin. She stood up once more and stepped into the circle.
"Well, thats a thing" She chirped quickly in attempt to lighten darkening moods. "Before I begin I'd like to remind us why we are here. To offer ideas and our experiences up together as whole to the elders and to gauge the general inclination of our tribe toward those ideas. So that we can decide on the best course to take, I expect the discussion to become heated but we are all family and should stay on topic of the merits of these ideas. From what I have seen is that the ideas of the "young" are being looked down upon. But both K'haali and K'ailia are worthy of our highest praises. While young these two girls have not only sought out ways out of our situation, but also did the legwork behind them in an effort to bring them forth. If you seek to support one of their ideas or wish to offer up your own; support it with logic and your own experiences, not with anger and name calling."
"To start off on the subject of the bounty of the desert, it is true that there may still be prey to seek, but we are not the only tribe in the Sagolii, the Tribe of the Drake holds one to some of the best hunting grounds here. The desert is one of the harshest environments in Eorzea, and we have done well to adapt to it. However to say that we are not trying hard enough would be folly. Our hunting parties are out for longer and longer, and return with less each time, that is why we are here. But think not only on us, but on our environment as well. As we seek to hunt more and more to survive ourselves we are slowly depleting the bounty of our fair home, and it is slow to recover. If we are not careful we could not only put ourselves in danger but also the creatures we hunt. Our ancestors did adapt and stayed strong, but remember when the Ice made the land barren and prey became sparse they left their home and sought out new prey in new places. We settled here, but the tribes settled all over Eorzea, my own tribe lived upon the lands of La Noscea, our sisters of the moon, largely settled the Black Shroud. There would be danger in moving, Yes, but there is also danger here. It is a part of our lives. I think we should find a new place to call our own; maybe one day when the desert has recovered from the calamity and from our presence maybe we can return."
"What this Ventus offers us is a temporary solution; a place to lay our heads while we seek a new place and new prey. But I see a distrust of 'outsiders,' not a mistrust borne of experience, but a fear based in lack of understanding. Not everyone is out to get us, there are evil men that is true, but even a member of the tribe can become twisted and cruel. As there is evil there is also good, but those are extremes. Most of the outside world are people just trying to make their own way to survive much like we do. Farmers, hunters, merchants; their are many ways they work together to survive.
K'rei looks at K'ile, "you say you don't wish to accept help from outsiders. But while it is true we have traded small amounts for things we do not have or could not make, we have not entered into the market as K'haali's idea would bring us. I spoke earlier of merchants; In Ul'dah good and evil are shallow points, they exist for profit. To attempt to trade for our food for the right to survive would put us fully at their mercy. I spent a good deal of time there after I lost my tribe. Before the Amalj'aa found caught me outside the city. The distribution of wealth there is staggering and I had never seen the likes of such before. Elsewhere such an idea might be more promising, but Ul'dah is a city which grew rich on the trade of such minerals that they harvested from the desert and Thanalan, and they have been miners and traders of these goods for many generations. We would enter such a market at a great disadvantage."
"What Ventus's offer has in advantage to this is he is offering us a place to stay, I doubt he plans to feed us all, as such would have new land to hunt in a more bountiful area of Thanalan without worrying about such things as being stepping on people's toes about where we have settled our new camp. Also remember that this is an academy, I'm sure they have guards but I doubt they have to manpower to stop a tribe of warriors from leaving when we choose to leave, as I said earlier I do not know why he made us this offer and I expect several of us would like to speak with him and see what he has to offer should we choose to look into this path. But I mentioned two possibilities earlier."
"One he seeks to expand his school, it is possible some of our younglings might like to enroll if we stay there for an extended period of time. But I don't see how this could be an entirely bad thing, this school has taught K'ailia many things we could not, and these skill will most likely benefit the tribe. Are we worried that we will lose our younglings to this man and they won't return? I don't see that happening with K'ailia I see a young woman who burns with desire to save the tribe she loves, and is using the skills and resources she has to make it happen. "
"Two he seeks to use us as a safety measure to guard his school from external threats. Unless he's at war with a specific group, or he's managed to incite the Amallj'aa I can hardly see this being a large issue. All of Eorzea is at war, and the Amalj'aa are an issue even here. What harm would their being in defending his school? If we were to live there it would be our home as well, and we would only be bolstered and a harder target to strike with his forces added to ours. I doubt we would have another attack there such as the one we had four years ago."
"I'm sure others of you have opinions and experiences with the outside world to offer the elders. Do not be shy, now is the time to speak and make your voice heard."
K'rei walks calmly back to her seat to watch the next speaker.
"Well, thats a thing" She chirped quickly in attempt to lighten darkening moods. "Before I begin I'd like to remind us why we are here. To offer ideas and our experiences up together as whole to the elders and to gauge the general inclination of our tribe toward those ideas. So that we can decide on the best course to take, I expect the discussion to become heated but we are all family and should stay on topic of the merits of these ideas. From what I have seen is that the ideas of the "young" are being looked down upon. But both K'haali and K'ailia are worthy of our highest praises. While young these two girls have not only sought out ways out of our situation, but also did the legwork behind them in an effort to bring them forth. If you seek to support one of their ideas or wish to offer up your own; support it with logic and your own experiences, not with anger and name calling."
"To start off on the subject of the bounty of the desert, it is true that there may still be prey to seek, but we are not the only tribe in the Sagolii, the Tribe of the Drake holds one to some of the best hunting grounds here. The desert is one of the harshest environments in Eorzea, and we have done well to adapt to it. However to say that we are not trying hard enough would be folly. Our hunting parties are out for longer and longer, and return with less each time, that is why we are here. But think not only on us, but on our environment as well. As we seek to hunt more and more to survive ourselves we are slowly depleting the bounty of our fair home, and it is slow to recover. If we are not careful we could not only put ourselves in danger but also the creatures we hunt. Our ancestors did adapt and stayed strong, but remember when the Ice made the land barren and prey became sparse they left their home and sought out new prey in new places. We settled here, but the tribes settled all over Eorzea, my own tribe lived upon the lands of La Noscea, our sisters of the moon, largely settled the Black Shroud. There would be danger in moving, Yes, but there is also danger here. It is a part of our lives. I think we should find a new place to call our own; maybe one day when the desert has recovered from the calamity and from our presence maybe we can return."
"What this Ventus offers us is a temporary solution; a place to lay our heads while we seek a new place and new prey. But I see a distrust of 'outsiders,' not a mistrust borne of experience, but a fear based in lack of understanding. Not everyone is out to get us, there are evil men that is true, but even a member of the tribe can become twisted and cruel. As there is evil there is also good, but those are extremes. Most of the outside world are people just trying to make their own way to survive much like we do. Farmers, hunters, merchants; their are many ways they work together to survive.
K'rei looks at K'ile, "you say you don't wish to accept help from outsiders. But while it is true we have traded small amounts for things we do not have or could not make, we have not entered into the market as K'haali's idea would bring us. I spoke earlier of merchants; In Ul'dah good and evil are shallow points, they exist for profit. To attempt to trade for our food for the right to survive would put us fully at their mercy. I spent a good deal of time there after I lost my tribe. Before the Amalj'aa found caught me outside the city. The distribution of wealth there is staggering and I had never seen the likes of such before. Elsewhere such an idea might be more promising, but Ul'dah is a city which grew rich on the trade of such minerals that they harvested from the desert and Thanalan, and they have been miners and traders of these goods for many generations. We would enter such a market at a great disadvantage."
"What Ventus's offer has in advantage to this is he is offering us a place to stay, I doubt he plans to feed us all, as such would have new land to hunt in a more bountiful area of Thanalan without worrying about such things as being stepping on people's toes about where we have settled our new camp. Also remember that this is an academy, I'm sure they have guards but I doubt they have to manpower to stop a tribe of warriors from leaving when we choose to leave, as I said earlier I do not know why he made us this offer and I expect several of us would like to speak with him and see what he has to offer should we choose to look into this path. But I mentioned two possibilities earlier."
"One he seeks to expand his school, it is possible some of our younglings might like to enroll if we stay there for an extended period of time. But I don't see how this could be an entirely bad thing, this school has taught K'ailia many things we could not, and these skill will most likely benefit the tribe. Are we worried that we will lose our younglings to this man and they won't return? I don't see that happening with K'ailia I see a young woman who burns with desire to save the tribe she loves, and is using the skills and resources she has to make it happen. "
"Two he seeks to use us as a safety measure to guard his school from external threats. Unless he's at war with a specific group, or he's managed to incite the Amallj'aa I can hardly see this being a large issue. All of Eorzea is at war, and the Amalj'aa are an issue even here. What harm would their being in defending his school? If we were to live there it would be our home as well, and we would only be bolstered and a harder target to strike with his forces added to ours. I doubt we would have another attack there such as the one we had four years ago."
"I'm sure others of you have opinions and experiences with the outside world to offer the elders. Do not be shy, now is the time to speak and make your voice heard."
K'rei walks calmly back to her seat to watch the next speaker.
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