Ras shrugged and smiled bitterly. “It’s fine. I should know better than trying to… never mind. I should look into making stronger wines, this doesn’t drown my feelings like it used to.”<br/><br/><span style="color: #ff0000">“Mortals, Jasmine, mortals are the problem. Selfish, greedy, destructive and chaotic. Even the ones that want to live in peace can’t decide how to go about that. So I have to keep this city in one piece while keeping these people content, and I have to rely on you and your sisters to talk to the people for me. It’s a hassle.” </span>She shook her head and looked at another portal as the vehicle neared it.<span style="color: #ff0000"> “No, like the name implies, it’s an entirely separate realm for me to test various things in.” </span>On the other side of the portal they were on the far side of the forest despite only traveling a few yards in the other realm.<span style="color: #ff0000">“Four city blocks? Madness. Even if I did agree to that, even if we did produce enough equipment to justify that much space, are we really going to pretend like the mortals could learn to use the technology produced here?” </span>She rubbed the bridge of her nose and sighed.<span style="color: #ff0000"> “Fine. I can’t exactly argue with the one being capable of killing me. When we get you back to the city I want to see her notes.”</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>