Whether it be five years or thirty, it's still too damn long. I never got involved, myself, but I'd seen how much it fucked things up. [She glances down at the cup at the table, fiddling with the handle but not picking it up until the tea is poured.] Funny thing is, the civil war ended some moons after I left, only for the bastards to declare war on the country I took refuge in.

[Actually, that's not funny. That's not funny at all. But sometimes you got to look at the absurdity of your life and wonder how the fuck that even happened.

[Stubbornness, that's how. And a bafflingly lack of foresight.]

Guess even if Meridian wins this thing, that'll be something I'm gonna have to deal with when I go back.