<span style="color: #666600">"I don't know if we're going to get along as well as we used to... I love the mortals and you, you look down on them. They've been my only friends and family for so long, and the Counsel has ruined you... But I won't give up hope, not for you or for any victim of the Counsel. As a founding member I feel personally responsible for every victim."</span><br/><br/>"Eldryn did it because it helped his sister need to spend less time with you. The'kal says they're people like you and I, but I've met Forsaken with a clearer sense of right and wrong. Your grandmother, despite her faults is a good woman and I hate myself for finding her as angering as I do. I know she loves Elune and would never allow them to hurt her, but it's... she's just so damn frustrating at times. I owe her an apology, I owe them an apology. When I tried to wake Elune one of them warned me not to and clearly explained why and what was happening." Ras let out a sigh and headed into the kitchen to lay out all of the ingredients Relene had picked out. "Wolf jerky, a lot of it, Silver Blossom, and Thyme... Cooking is a bit like working a puzzle. But, what's most important is this bit." He took a slice of the jerky and tore it in two to chew on one piece and offered the other to Relene. "Oh boy, that's heavily spiced."<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>