<blockquote><div><cite>Soma wrote:</cite> "If we can make a meal out of some of these self-styled 'leaders'...then we'd become the new leaders! I mean, how do you think they obtained their power to begin with? By filling out paperwork, passing an exam and being promoted? No! They got the job <span style="font-style: italic">by eating the last person to have it</span>. That's how it works!"</div></blockquote><br/>"Overthrowing the current oppressors is insufficient," Alyssa responds. "So long as brute force is the source of authority, this town and its citizens will be no better off than if we had never acted. If we intend to have any lasting effect, we must restore the Pact to Armel."<br/><br/>"Our first target should be the Sogluyem, their slave trade in particular. While we delay, the lives of Pact citizens are imperiled by their hunger for flesh, coin, and power. If we can free the people of Talloak and Armel from bondage, the Sogluyem base of power will be destroyed, and we can count Lady Puime and the Council among our allies."