Tabitha Calas... that was not one of the names.  Either the intel was incomplete, or this was a front, or... well, millions of other options honestly.  It mattered little at the moment truly as she had to respond to the protest.  Well, the screaming first.<br/><br/>"It is<em>really</em>hard to speak with all of the yelling!" she shouted back, waiting until it was quiet to respond "You say Alkenstar is not our concern, and yet the reason we are here is because citizens of Alkenstar cried out for our assistance en masse.  Citizens of this city who felt that they were being misrepresented, oppressed, and treated as little more than dirt.  They<em>made</em>Alkenstar our concern.  We mobilized in force, yet came originally in peace; we did not fire the first shots!  When violence broke out, we secured the city, and since then all you have done is fight us, seek to kill us, and yet you insist it is not our concern?  Even now you stand here, yelling and threatening violence, and yet we stand here simply to defend ourselves.<br/><br/>"Were we to leave, I fear the concerns that brought us here would only escalate.  Or do you insist that all of Alkenstar desires that we leave?"