[ As far as he knows, newcomers aren't asked to pick a side, and in fact they can remain Unharmonized for some time. But apparently people were forced to pick once, long before he came to Kenos so... one can hope? ]

I think there's been some attempts at diplomacy in the past, but it's not working out great. [ Not with growing hostilities between both sides, even from non Shard-bearers. ] And I know there's at least one Shard-bearer here who is a Meridian, but refused to do any fighting for either side during the last trial.

[ Ah, right. He should probably clear things up before his infodumping gets any worse. ]

I've only been here for one trial, and I hear they work differently every time, but bottom line is, that's when we have to compete for Oracles. There are six in total, an they're supposed to be tools that will help us either restore our old home worlds or rebuild them from scratch. No idea how that works, though.

[ Does it sound like a lot of bullshit? Yeah, but it's honestly what they have to work with. ]