Sora had heard of family turning on one another time and again. War was a harsh mistress and little was left sacred. She could be glad at least that the only family she ever knew, her Mother, had loved her unconditionally. Still, she knew nothing of her Father or brother, any of her grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins... nothing. She had an old photo of her Father and brother but that was it. If any of them were still alive they were probably in the Rurohakushi or Tianguo. After all, her Father was Rurhaku and her mother was Shirohaku. Maybe they had rejected her Mother because of who she loved and that's why they were here in the neutral territories. Sora never really got the chance to ask her. There was so little time in between her training and tending the wounded and Sora never had the guts to drag up something that was likely very painful.<br/><br/>"I-It was a while ago now." She didn't look at Rui as she said it. Most would assume this was grief but to be honest, she felt bad about lying to this woman that had offered up some very important secrets to her. Her secret, her most carefully guarded secret, she would never tell anyone though. She shakes it off and smiles at Rui. "Well won't he be disappointed when we fix you up and send you back huh? I know my Mother took a few trips to your homeland so there might be something in her notes on how to get back there as well.I'll send out a few letters to people I know and... what type of writing is that? I need to know what I'm asking about..." She copies down the lettering for the curse exactly from memory. While she had never met one she did know that there were some dragons that were exiled here from time to time, they might know what it says.<br/><br/>Sora is surprised by the offer to help. "I'm not fighting a war." Figuring that Rui probably knew very little about the history of this land she decides to give her a quick overview. "The violence that drove your people away started 500,000 years ago with the 1st Grand Sage of Maenon - Lubu. He is personally responsible for the extinction of 432 sentient species. Those fleeing from the lands that were conquered it what is now modern day Maenon mostly congregated in the land called Tianguo. Their King is a Shirohaku by the name of Hirokumo and he is as old as the war itself. The current Grand Sage is called Nayanel - he's the 12th. Those two are the ones at war and have been for 500,000 years. This area, the neutral territory, is composed of a bunch of smaller nations that can never find stability because those two use the land between them as their person warzone. Both countries are disliked here but Maenon is hated a bit more because Tianguo always puts a nice spin on their actions and tend to be more underhanded about their ruthlessness." She explains to Rui.