"We fight, because we're afraid of them. Trayve is afraid of a reborn Zyria. Freya's afraid of a reborn King of Revelation. And to admit, I'm afraid of them too. When you're always seeing one thing painted and shown in a terrible manner.. you forget that there could be a good manner to it. Another mistake on our part. The closest we've came to giving land to them was their surrender. Even then, that was forced upon them. They took in a new figure, then she died in a week, then another came, then he died, then over and over until we reached the unifying Tribune, whoever the hell he is. The people have always hated Trayve for that, because we refused to even help them for "war crimes" against us. And I know what's next - "who are you to judge war crimes?" If you said that.. you'd be right. Peace hasn't ever worked with them. Negotiations worked with Khaom, and Rivelria.. not them. The only negotiation that we ever had, both ambassadors were slaughtered in the spark of conflict, with the short battle ending with a Zyrian retreat because of reinforcements. Though it's not because they're evil - it's because we're both evils. Evils that might be trying to recover and grow from the past, our pasts, but evils nonetheless. That's why the opportunity of peace will either unify us forever, or just pit us against each other even more." [i]Isabella descended back into silence, looking at Natalie silently.[/i]