Alwyn, all minions and herself marching on the docks in the name of<em> progress</em><br/><br/>Alwyn was sitting in on a meeting of the Society of Humans Whom Think Other Species Are Pretty Nifty and Should Be Protected! It was.... Ridiculously boring, full of neighborhood gossip and busybody ladies and bored housewives. But they had time, and resources, and they cared, in their own unique, somewhat self centered way.<br/><br/>But the mage's thoughts were drifting, traveling far beyond the confines of the meeting.  Her quest was still noble, worth doing, but there were forces working against her. Unrestrained freedom was chaos, the kind of violence she abhorred. The pursuit of power was the same, endless gnawing hunger for more, more. And almost inevitably, it came at the price of others, taking from the weak. No, Alwyn would never venture down that path.<br/><br/>The musing of power led her to think about the law of the jungle, red in tooth and claw, amoral and churning in an endless cycle. But there was a way to tweak the chain, learning, knowledge, building. That was important. Learning meant experience, and that meant active, doing, even if it was just chosing to<br/>read or research.<br/><br/>Violence was anathema to progress, there was ongoing violence, and there was something she could do about it now. Standing up, interrupting the meeting, she gestured grandly. "We march on the docks. All of us. Humans up front, everyone else in back, healing and support." Maybe the humans who ruled the docks would be less likely to hurt their own kind. Shitty logic, but needs must. And it wasn't her fault that using a wall of housewives was an effective tactic. Hopefully none of her people would get hurt, but something had to be done.<br/><br/>"We stay peaceful, no matter what. No weapons, no threats. Just unity, everybody working together. Keep the line in order, we're working for peace and stability. There's no reason anybody needs to bleed, we're going to help the city and not throw matches at volatile chemicals."<br/><br/><br/><br/>