<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/5/50/15b3a41b63432bcd1c3755c910f8be5c.jpg)</div><br/><strong>Name:</strong>Umari<br/><strong>Location/Date/Time:</strong>War Manse 13 meeting room, 2 Resplendent Earth, Early afternoon<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Any<br/><strong>Notes:</strong>None<br/><br/>Umari gestured assent to Ashen Heron, listening as he spoke, and nodding to show he recognised the worth of the counter-proposal. He followed the conversation as the others spoke in turn, watching their faces and postures, listening to their tone as well as their words. When Ashen Heron rose to leave, he held up a hand to indicate he should wait for a few moments.<br/><br/>"I can see the merit in prioritising things as you have suggested. Depending on how much material we are able to recover from the Manse, it may even be possible to advance both together. Enhancing our defenses is a laudable goal, but as you yourself have said, the ocean has been an able protector to us down through the centuries, and we are far enough from normal shipping lanes that chance discovery is much lessened. If it must come down to a choice, getting our forges operational once more will mean that everything after that will be accomplished quicker. We may be able to repair the ships that are currently docked, the weapon systems and defenses that have failed in the passing of time."<br/><br/>"Those forges will contribute to our defense, have no fear of that, my friend, and they will allow us to expand our choices. I do not need to tell you that tactical flexibility is a good thing. One soldier can contribute only his own strength to a cause, but a<div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Wai Tai-Junai</div><div class="spoiler_body">Sorcerer Engineer</div></div>can support his whole Talon. So will the forges increase our strength over time."