Talia nodded, smiling a little. "Planning to profit from both sides of an eventual war?" she suggested. At the question, she nodded. "She has, but the conflict runs deep. I could bore you with the details, but suffice to say, there's enough resentment there to make what She dealt with look tame," she said, chuckling.<br/><br/>She shook her head, writing a note to herself to dispatch the pair. "It would, wouldn't it? Unfortunately, you're getting this as third hand information, so I'm sure some details got lost along the way."<br/><br/>The main business done, she pulled out a small envelope, and slid it over to him - sealed with the royal seal. "On a different topic, Tina, Alison, and Stroon have been combing the lands for clues on your 'draconic ascension' idea. I'll admit I don't understand the first thing about it, but there's apparently some promise leads on, well, Promise. The hard part is getting admittance - Mengkare is, for all his claimed friendliness, rather xenophobic, and even getting permission to get off a ship in the harbor is difficult, let alone getting access to his libraries."