"The nonaggression pact is the lowest form of what is being discussed. It is from that central organ that the life of other deals can nourish. Tis not true protection, pacts in the Abyss, yet none shall be the conqueror who breaks it first. "Atroxica said. The real safety of a nonaggression pact was simply that anyone who broke it would be fighting many instead of one. Silently Atroxica was considering how it might be able to covertly destroy any of the others 'just in case'. If there is no evidence, is there a crime? Vholdran would be the biggest danger there with his powers as a seer. Hopefully a shadow war would not be needed, but it was an important weapon to hold in reserve.<br/><br/>"So the womb of disdain just eats everything it comes across. . . "  One Jerion said.<br/><br/>"Only to belch something out and eat it again. Like a cow chewing its cud?"  The other finished.<br/><br/>"Or like most everything else here in the abyss!  "  They both said at the same time.<br/><br/>Atroxica heard Prettyboy's concerns. They were perfectly valid, but not something anybody here hadn't already thought about.  It said to him. "Do not ken over much today for the potential of tomorrow. One can say come out and see the rain, but if they never step aside those behind them are still trapped.   Now be a useful bondage goat whore and hold our dark lover's testicles up for him."<br/><br/>Jerion was let down that the mercenaries didn't actually seem to have anything worth doing. That's what he assumed anyway since they said nothing to his proposition. Aerophobos has an obvious desire to gain control over one of the layers in particular. What reason was there to help him with that though? It was up to Artoxica, really, he thought. So far it had only given support to the idea nonaggression pact.<br/><br/>Atroxica addressed the conversation with Aerophobos "You desire Panderechos? Tis a fine enough goal but what means seek you from us? What offer you in turn, and when?  We trust not that your establishment would lead to ours."