[Poor topic or not, that spark was nice to see.]

I do not care for them, or fight for their ideals, but the coming battle will ruin whatever is in its path. Regardless of our affiliation, a loss will mark us as targets.

[He might not spend a lot of time at Caer Scima, knowing any place like that was only temporary. Losing it completely, though, meant turning the lot of them out into the world, where it was becoming increasingly hazardous to be a Shardbearer. He wasn't keen on being a hunted species again.]