Long Game 75: Alethi Politics
LG75: Alethi Politics
I fear the stakes are getting slowly higher. The Highprinces still talk amongst themselves, but the severity of the conversations increases by day. A true political war is brewing, and the water soon will spill over the rim of the bowl. We can only hope it has not been heated enough to scald everyone involved.
- Mishinah Bethab, wife of Highprince Bethab, 1173.7.4.2
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Yeah, I agree it's not quite the same, since I'm sort of defending myself at a distance by defending Books. But there is definitely a thunderdome happening right now, with rather little input from the non-Striker/Quinn folks. I consider a Books grinch to be essentially game-over for myself, so I have the same incentive to argue to the fullest. But I have the benefit of not having to deal directly with attacks against myself.
I'm feeling like you're not going to retract from Books today. Not