That is more than enough for noe, my Lady. But there is qanother matter, I am interested in. It is of our business relationship, I am most glad when you give us a reason to leave this place, but is this the way you plan to continue with us, being your thugs? It seems there is so much more we could be...
"I have a purpose," she says. "And even your own mind is divided against itself- just like this group. Can't you feel it? You are out of sync with each other."
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"I am sure if that is true then I will notice it," says Adelmo. "As it is, you are rather good at being my 'thugs'. I preferred to call you knights."
"You may change your mind when you get there. This was never going to be a pleasant mission."
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"But you cannot have survived if you really felt that way," says the girl. "You hate each other but you protect each oither. I don't understand. I saw you once... escaping a great citadel. You could have left several of your people to die. You took enormous risk to make sure you all got away. It doesn't all make sense."
Ush is she referring to the Citadel Lana likes to talk about or about something specific Xavier did?
"There I can honestly say I know what you mean. When I first joined this group I thought it a bunch of cutthroats and thieves. They are, but they are more much like you said confusing. It doesn't make sense sometimes so I stay because I want to see where it leads."
"So if you want to survive," says the girl, "why do you make it so difficult for yourselves by... being so against each other? You would survive much more easily if you were not such a chaotic rabble."
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"'Force' is your word," says Adelmo. "It explains little. Know this- I believe in power. Power comes from unity. Something you do not understand, and so there is no point trying to explain. Besides, I am not here to be questioned."