Following the argument, K'haali had allowed herself to flop from her position sat at the edge of the circle, onto her back in the sand, staring up at the increasingly blue sky while the others continued to bicker and debate. She of course knew that trading with Ul'dar would require careful negotiation (and a little strong-arming for a good deal), and was a long shot; but the tribe had already lost almost everything in the last 5 years, and losing their home too felt like ultimately dissolving all that remained of K'thalen's tribe.
Still lying on the floor, she seemed to address the sky, without changing her gaze:
"Tell me Ailia; what do you suppose will happen when that flame blows uncontrolled upon these otherrr lands, that are not our own? - When our keeper kin sought to spread in the twelveswood, were they not summarily extinguished in return by the native Gridanians?"
"I don't pretend to know what the state of Eorzea was when our ancestors moved here, nor disagree that the sagolii might be desolate, but it is our land. This university can offer us shelter, but can it offerr us all the bounty of Thanalan, or will that too bring those that would stop the spread of the flames upon what they consider their stores"
"We might be welcome in the university, with a roof over our heads and maybe even food on the table but we'll only be welcome in Ul'dar as long as we have something to offerrr them; and if that is not resources, then it will be services. And we've all heard tales of proud warrior tribes reduced to mere dancing girls, domesticated, as pet mercenaries, servants and amusement for the 'nobility'"
"Perhaps then, a hybrid strategy is required"
Still lying on the floor, she seemed to address the sky, without changing her gaze:
"Tell me Ailia; what do you suppose will happen when that flame blows uncontrolled upon these otherrr lands, that are not our own? - When our keeper kin sought to spread in the twelveswood, were they not summarily extinguished in return by the native Gridanians?"
"I don't pretend to know what the state of Eorzea was when our ancestors moved here, nor disagree that the sagolii might be desolate, but it is our land. This university can offer us shelter, but can it offerr us all the bounty of Thanalan, or will that too bring those that would stop the spread of the flames upon what they consider their stores"
"We might be welcome in the university, with a roof over our heads and maybe even food on the table but we'll only be welcome in Ul'dar as long as we have something to offerrr them; and if that is not resources, then it will be services. And we've all heard tales of proud warrior tribes reduced to mere dancing girls, domesticated, as pet mercenaries, servants and amusement for the 'nobility'"
"Perhaps then, a hybrid strategy is required"
