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“I’ll do it.”
Aganna hugs you.
<span class="mu-i">We’ll start at once. We can plan a full march through the trade routes. Every tribe on The Island will see that the fleet was worth it and hear stories of your bravery in the wild lands across the ocean.</span>
You break out into a cold sweat as you remember those “wild lands.” They are not stories you would want to revisit.
“We can talk about that when the time comes, but what about the Ponni prisoners.”
Agana sighs.
<span class="mu-i">When I started this job, judging crimes between the tribes was more of a ceremonial duty. Aside from a few drunks at festivals we just didn't meet as much.</span>
“But with everyone together, that’s changing.”
<span class="mu-i">They’ve been raiding the grasslands around the trade routes. The Ponni have always been poor, it's why they pay their tribute in labor, so all these goods going through their land is too valuable a target.</span>
“Their portion of the treasure should help with the big picture, but these two still saw a future candidate butcher their comrades with a gang of foreigners.”
<span class="mu-i">I can’t execute them. The Ponni are our biggest supporters.</span>
“You’re thinking like a politician. Not a leader. You’re not running again remember, you don’t need to worry about popular appeal.”
<span class="mu-i">Then we can work outside the law. A bribe?</span>
“Compensation. For lives lost.”
<span class="mu-i">With the implication to keep their mouths shut.</span>
“Prison would do the same. We can bind them to a ship’s crew like they did the drunken sailors back in the day.”
Agana slams the table.
<span class="mu-i">I hate this job! Everything is complicated and every move is the wrong one.</span>
You comfort your metasister.
“Out at sea. I had to make a lot of hard choices. They weren't always the right ones. But agonizing over it doesn't make it better, you just have to move forward."
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