[and her father just... let them have that influence, for years. if he'd ever done anything about it, couldn't it have been nipped in the bud before it ever got so bad?
...ah, she feels guilty for thinking that. but it's the truth. if she's been able to help cut off their influence, with her small group - how much more could her father have done, but simply chosen not to?]
I don't plan to let them keep having that kind of influence. [...] I'm sure you don't, either.
[and that much, he sounds certain about. there's a sigh.]
They've acted aggressively toward Kouka because they could, but it's evident that the land we'd given them in the past wasn't enough to control their pursuit of our resources or what they want from our people.
[or in some cases, what people they will literally take aboard ships]
So it's been a matter of bolstering our strength, so they do not think they could easily invade, and then how to demonstrate our strength against them without unnecessary sacrifice.
You'd think they'd have learned from Li Hazara's example.
[that stupid jerk tried enticing a general into being a traitor and it still didn't work out for them!
...well. maybe all that taught them was to rely on their own might.]
...but if I'm up north there, with them - I'm not going to let them do whatever they want to Kouka. Even if I can't remember it. I know that much about myself.
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dawnblushed) wrote2020-09-25 09:42 pm
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Mm. You wouldn't. Their influence in Kouka has rarely been a prosperous thing for our nation....
[and so it reminds him why he has to go back
what is left for him to handle, in the time that he has]
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[and her father just... let them have that influence, for years. if he'd ever done anything about it, couldn't it have been nipped in the bud before it ever got so bad?
...ah, she feels guilty for thinking that. but it's the truth. if she's been able to help cut off their influence, with her small group - how much more could her father have done, but simply chosen not to?]
I don't plan to let them keep having that kind of influence. [...] I'm sure you don't, either.
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I don't.
[and that much, he sounds certain about. there's a sigh.]
They've acted aggressively toward Kouka because they could, but it's evident that the land we'd given them in the past wasn't enough to control their pursuit of our resources or what they want from our people.
[or in some cases, what people they will literally take aboard ships]
So it's been a matter of bolstering our strength, so they do not think they could easily invade, and then how to demonstrate our strength against them without unnecessary sacrifice.
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[that stupid jerk tried enticing a general into being a traitor and it still didn't work out for them!
...well. maybe all that taught them was to rely on their own might.]
...but if I'm up north there, with them - I'm not going to let them do whatever they want to Kouka. Even if I can't remember it. I know that much about myself.