>>27047373Of course we aren't. I'm not stupid. Do you really think I would just call a war right away? No. We will abide our time. If you decline us we will feign friendliness. We will attempt to appeal to you to appear more favorable. We will continue to ask now and again for your sect. If, at any point, you choose to accept... Then we remain friends. In fact, we may end up the strongest of friends.
Should you continue to decline, then upon your weakest moment we will strike. Pomerlane will not be at his peak forever and by association, neither will his empire. We will learn. We will observe and adapt to the technology of siegecraft and the rest of the world.
You requested me to be real? I am now being real. As a theocracy, it is plainly impossible for /rose/ to just ignore this. They will become a plant, cease their false worship, or die on a cross. Do not tempt the crusade.
Your entire empire rides on the shoulders of one man. One mortal man that you have built up to be the apex of your people. You have twenty, maybe thirty years. We can do this the easy way, or the most prolonged and painful way.
