Moraine had once told me that the similarities between the nations dated back to the time before the war when trade and commerce were a part of everyday life. It was why we all used karmas and kismets as currency – though the coins from each nation differed slightly in design these days. But when the war had broken out, no one had been willing to give up their claim on the currency and allow another nation to take ownership of the terms to define the coins so they’d all kept on using them.
