Yuri folds his arms, shifting his weight ever so slightly. The small matter of how they're strong-armed here, with convenient excuses, is very much like blackmail indeed. ]
They say it's something to do with the energies of the place — that it simply doesn't work without being connected to one force or the other.
[ His tone makes it evident he doesn't believe that in the slightest. Who would, really? ]
The thing is, they tell us their version of what's going on as it serves their purposes. How convenient for them if our homes have mysteriously vanished, and we wind up here, where people like us are the only ones who can gather these power sources they want. It's hardly credible...yet we're stuck here.
[ There's more that troubles him, but the very premise itself is enough to leave a man like Yuri suspicious. It's awfully fortuitous for the locals that the very specific few people they need just so happen to drift in here after their worlds were supposedly destroyed, just when there is that need.
Naturally, there's no assurance either faction would keep their promises once either has what they want, to boot. No incentive. ]
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Yuri folds his arms, shifting his weight ever so slightly. The small matter of how they're strong-armed here, with convenient excuses, is very much like blackmail indeed. ]
They say it's something to do with the energies of the place — that it simply doesn't work without being connected to one force or the other.
[ His tone makes it evident he doesn't believe that in the slightest. Who would, really? ]
The thing is, they tell us their version of what's going on as it serves their purposes. How convenient for them if our homes have mysteriously vanished, and we wind up here, where people like us are the only ones who can gather these power sources they want. It's hardly credible...yet we're stuck here.
[ There's more that troubles him, but the very premise itself is enough to leave a man like Yuri suspicious. It's awfully fortuitous for the locals that the very specific few people they need just so happen to drift in here after their worlds were supposedly destroyed, just when there is that need.
Naturally, there's no assurance either faction would keep their promises once either has what they want, to boot. No incentive. ]