[ What he is frantically doing now is attempting to find the spot he last left off at, almost towards the end of the novel, the chapter right before the last. And with a sigh, he finds his place once again. It won't be lost again, a bookmark is placed right between the pages of the book before it's closed tight. ]

The notion that people wouldn't engage in warfare due to expensive is... well, wars are also damaging, life-ending, and yet... I am not suggesting, nor wishing for any battles to take place but that's why I am attempting to infer the terms of our contract. We are bound to our factions, therefore we are under their service?

[ Whatever that could mean or lead to, it just depended on how people wished to act. It also leads him to wonder if going against the directives to steer people away from the Kappa's work before the festival meant he had gone against whatever was the agreement. In any case, he has to consider the people he has met and some were more on the carnivorous side. ]

You're working under the assumption every person is altruistic by nature. I'd be content with what you're suggesting but can you honestly say that everyone would agree? See there lies the problem, or perhaps it doesn't truly matter what we feel. If it's to make each faction leader content... then what would you do if there was animosity between them?

It's too many suppositions I suppose.

So I'll ask, from this point on what do you believe we should do as part of the alliance given our current position.