Floor 5, Room 3

[leewards]

ITHAQUA

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[fellheart]

Not here to change minds, you say. [ a huff of breath, with an almost laughing air. it's not malicious. it's almost understanding, even, or at least the pretense of it. ] Probably because you, too, must know the futility of it. Those who would affect meaningful change often burn too bright and will either be smothered for it or burn themselves out too soon. Those who you can reach are but few, and ultimately, their legacies won't last.

[ his gaze flickers away. ]

The times and settings may change, but the hearts of people will remain steadfast regardless of the state of the world. [ said, like there was another word or phrase he might have used and decided against. ] And those who have seen it ... well, they're hardly easily swayed from their beliefs, are they.

[impacter]

They aren't.

Futile or otherwise, though - I would rather reach the few for the sake of their possibility and choice than to do nothing at all.

[fellheart]

[ with nothing more than a simple, toneless curiosity, no judgment; no accusation;

no derision: ]

And what has it availed you, in all your time spent alive?

What has it availed them?

[impacter]

[He chuckles, but pointedly does not answer the question.]

My concern is for the people here right now. If you don't mind, let's keep our discussion on topic.

[fellheart]

[ he'll return the chuckle, a kind smile, and distinctly not say this: "What a self-serving concern, yours is. You claim your actions are for the good of others, but if you cannot answer that question sincerely, even if in the negative, what can it be but a show of self-indulgence?"

instead what he does is this: he dips his head, nods accordingly, and responds: ]

Very well then. Let us return to the subject of a potential Western conspiracy, odd movement in the north, and whatever it is that led to the need for one of the cities there to take in a sudden influx of children.