<span style="color: #0080ff">"she is your mother too."</span>she was almost done putting everything away by the time Athena spoke again and she looked over and nodded.<span style="color: #0080ff">"she has already becoming a much better person then she was when i met her and i know she can do so much better still or i wouldn't be having a child with her. she has also become a much better aunt to the hatchlings then she was when they first started coming to visit... and she is the one teaching Ashia how to be a better mother to Chiren since she is so different from what Ashia is used to."</span><br/><br/>Jasmine shook her head and frowned.<span style="color: #ff4d4d">"it's not about my race. being stubborn enough to push on despite impossible odds was a prerequisite of becoming a High Priestess of Ibara. i don't care about expanding this nation, i care about ensuring the prosperity of the limited people we already have. we own every scrap of land the High Elves once held and more and they had a prosperous nation. why do you need Lordareon to build something better with everything you know? I'm doing it Animus, I'm right here getting in your face to keep you from upsetting the people and you're bitching about it."</span>she shook her head and leaned back in her chair.<span style="color: #ff4d4d">"how could i possible understand you when i don't know why you do anything that you do? working with us mortals seems to do nothing but annoy you and expend your limited energy. you don't seem to derive any enjoyment or satisfaction from a single thing you do... your entire motivation is a mystery that i have puzzled over since i met you. i wanted to see what threat you thought would actually change my mind."</span>she nodded and reached up to rub her temple.<span style="color: #ff4d4d">"how long do you estimate it will take to be prepared for that?" </span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>