He comically fell over at their outburst, pushing himself upright and rubbing an ear-ridge as he resumed talking. "He is sane. Well, that is a slight stretch of the term, so saner would be more accurate, mostly cause he has a plan this time other than get killed. Having a goal has forced him to focus, so he is more like my brother than previous encounters. That and me actually remembering a lot of what happened also helps. He is more Barid the Star Emperor, and I am more Archdragon Draiss than the other encounters, so we have more common ground and understanding than before. Do remember we fought a war together that lasted nearly a hundred forty years, him trusting me to lead raiding and scouting fleets while I trusted him to come running if we found something that needed the big guns. Now that we are closer to that state of understanding, we are WILLING to try working together. Both of us agree that things can and should be better, we only ever really disagreed on how to get there. So this time, we are going to try compromising a bit."