Linwei motions them to come forward, "Please come forward," she said to them.<br/><br/>One of the dragon-blooded there looked at Linwei perturbed, "You can't possibly think to work with the dead, we'll just be giving away the Confederation of Rivers to becoming just like Thorns, working with Anathema is one thing, working with those associated with the dead that is another..."<br/><br/>"Quiet," she said to him, "Need I remind you that we associate ourselves with Sijan as well.  We are in no position to deny the help of those who wish the Empress gone just as much as we do.  This is something I know is a discomfort to most here, but it is either we work with Anathema who have lived and know of our ideals or to suffer under the boot of an Empress who knows not of the ways of the Scavenger Lands."