Frank cracked up laughing as he held Chiren and shook his head.<span style="color: #4dffa6">"you two are so perfectly adorable."</span><br/><br/>Elar shook his head and stood up to pace. "their pensions are protected by iron clad contracts that you wrote up. short of capitol offenses against the state you can't touch them so stop talking out your ass. while you can enact a spending freeze you either have to get Shandris' signature or get a panel of high ranking clergy and druids to overrule her. good luck. either way it wouldn't be the first time Shandris' troops went without pay on the promise of getting it later with a bonus so they would probably remain loyal while the city guard would probably lay down arms immediately since they are not loyal to you but to Tyrande." since Nalo herself had streamlined military spending their current budget was running a surplus and there were few pending requests and all of them were her own projects meant to repair the damage the war of attrition had caused. "Order hasn't been seen in any major city in over a week, just her drones." he jumped again and glared at Nalo. "stop shooting!" he frowned and shook his head. "alright, lets stop and think about that. you usurp the General's outpost where she has felt powerless and as though she has been in exile for decades. repurpose it how you will but when Tyrande gets back there is no longer a military outpost for Shandris to return to so maybe she keeps her daughter in the city, is that what you want? i highly doubt it." he took the paper and frowned deeply. "funding for the Sentinel army is guaranteed by the founding documents of this nation, you don't have the authority to mothball the entire army or the navy for that matter. you can decommission a base but you have to provide justification and a plan to defend the area once the base is gone. i say this piece of paper was more valuable before you wrote on it." he looked at Animus and rubbed the bridge of his nose. "no, i have never been to Silvermoon, i have never even left Kalimdor, nor do i intend to. now, if you will stop trying to take revenge on a nation for the empty threat of one woman that would be great." he held up one hand to stop Nalo from arguing. "while Shandris does have the power and authority to take Morah into custody for questioning on any grounds she cares to invent she would never be able to hold her for very long. if you do know where Tyrande is it would be a simple matter to get her to sign an order to release Morah and with your resources at most you would lose a few hours. failing that Elune herself would answer your call and she would command Shandris to release Morah herself which would wound the generals ego more then anything you have suggested. if that didn't work Ras adores Morah, he would have her out in five minutes and take you both to safety and you still only lost a few hours with her. and as a last resort you could call on Order and make a case for wrongful imprisonment and since it would be completely true she would give Morah back and punish Shandris for her hubris. now, have i made my case or would you like to bluster some more!?"<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>