Ah, don't worry about it! I figured that wasn't what you meant. I just wish there was more I could do. I've seen more war than you could imagine, but innocent civilians getting caught in the crossfire never gets easier.

[ Something he's just going to say very casually and then move right along. ]

We should all be grateful for your efforts to keep us informed!

[ It's a good assumption. The climate was already changing when Ryouma had first arrived, and he'd observed everything from distrustful glares to open hostility. Both cities were guilty of it. It's not that Ryouma is afraid, but he's the sort of person who trips into a diplomatic incident while acting with the best of intentions. Springstar has its own mysteries, anyway. ]

Hopefully, you'll have a bit more success following that thread. I don't have any training when it comes to magic, so everything goes right over my head after a point.

Anyway, have you heard of the Blight? I guess it was some kind of magical corruption that spread around and became a huge problem at one point until they figured out a cure for it that required both Zenith and Meridian's energies to work.