Ah, most of it's useful. Things like tonight's invitation, for example, or talks about what's going on in Solvunn or Thorne where we don't have access. A lot of information sharing and comparing goes on there. And then sometimes more... stressful topics.

[ A pause for him to take a sip of his drink even if that's not the best place to leave someone in suspense, but he needs a minute before jumping into a less fun topic. One worth knowing about, though, given that it set so many things in motion since. ]

For something a little more serious: a few months back we were able to go to Nocwich for the first time, if you've heard of it. Apparently it'd never been opened before so this initial visit was understandably a big deal. At the end of the visiting time, there were some attacks. On Summoned who had been chosen as delegates - they're all fine, for the record - but someone important to Thorne's queen died, and she decided to attack Libertas in retaliation. Things went downhill from there. But there were some good discussions, important ones, that happened in the early hours after the attacks.

[ A beat. ]

And on a far lighter note, there's one guy in Thorne who sent us the longest thing I've ever read in my life recently. I'm still not sure what exactly it was about, but it was definitely interesting.