Ugh. Politics. He wishes he could say that it's the factions' problems if they want to fight with each other, and that's true of the leaders, but it isn't really true of the people. They don't deserve what would happen if there was a war, and he does care about that.
But he also cares about the Summoned in Thorne, and this doesn't seem like something that should just be acceptable. Of course he's under no illusion that the Free Cities is without fault, likely instead just taking the tactic they think might benefit them when it comes time for them to want whatever they ultimately brought the Summoned here for, but the conditions Istredd's describing at Throne feels like a pressing issue.
"Aside from the political side of things, is there anythin' stopping you from leaving? People travel around through portals, right? Any reason you can't get through one of the portals, like from Nocwich?" There's visits there every so often, right? Is there some sort of magical warding that stops travel between factions? He presumes there must be, or at least something similar, but this is one more piece of information he doesn't know for sure.
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But he also cares about the Summoned in Thorne, and this doesn't seem like something that should just be acceptable. Of course he's under no illusion that the Free Cities is without fault, likely instead just taking the tactic they think might benefit them when it comes time for them to want whatever they ultimately brought the Summoned here for, but the conditions Istredd's describing at Throne feels like a pressing issue.
"Aside from the political side of things, is there anythin' stopping you from leaving? People travel around through portals, right? Any reason you can't get through one of the portals, like from Nocwich?" There's visits there every so often, right? Is there some sort of magical warding that stops travel between factions? He presumes there must be, or at least something similar, but this is one more piece of information he doesn't know for sure.