enjoys the lack of trust. He creates hopelessness and benefits from the lives spent lost to it. “But this is not what we do. We create joy. We create friendship. We create life and love and hope. And when we have to—when someone forces us to—we create death. Today, we will make Regner regret choosing to target our people. We will make him regret the grief and loss and hopelessness he has wielded for centuries. We will defend our kingdoms and refuse to yield to the madness of the Eprothan king.”
