<em>Hence why I am going to offer to make this a pawn versus pawn game. Unless they feel their pawn is too much a failure to handle it. They have pride, I already know that from you three. V'elen from resisting for so long against working with me. You, who uses Svala as a host, for not believing me until barely a year ago, despite all the work done to ensure you were stable enough to not collapse in on yourself. And you, who uses the Huntress as a host, for fighting me to ensure I was, in fact, strong enough to resist. They have their own pride, they show it by supporting Verdelet, just like mine does by attempting to support me. This allows all sides to 'arm' their pawn as they deem fit, and then they stand back and watch us wage war against each other. The war is, according to my current estimation, going to last at least a cycle by your time measurements, a thousand years by ours. It will be, to you, short and fast, but to us, long and slow. This way, they get to see what OUR idea of a short and fast war is, by the deity standards. The Lurker war was a short war by mortal standards, for comparison.</em><br/><br/>He hummed to himself, before suddenly remembering who he could use to contact them.<em>And I even know which one will talk, rather than fight. The beyonder that used Reekesha as a host. They might even be a neutral entity, able to serve as the judge to ensure the samples sent are equal. If so, this could work quite well. If they do try to trap this, it will be the third exchange, if they agree. That way their pawn gets samples to use, and they get a chance to take me out. The more samples, the faster this goes.</em>