“Were you even listening to him? They fought as long as they could with what they had. They pooled all the resources in their civilization to meet this threat.” “And then they didn’t.” I don’t know how to retort that, not immediately. They didn’t, she’s right. The Stelhari did everything they could and still couldn’t meet the Endri threat, and in the end they couldn’t resist it. They were all dead. But— “But they tried,” I say.
