"I'm well aware." Goro replies, gesturing dismissively with a lower arm. "Appealing to his civic pride will be the better course, I think. I don't intend to raise the need for weapons until I have ample reason to."

"Ambition is necessary for what I aim towards. The Singularity is too valuable a prize to be left to squabbling humans to fight over. It is a power unmatched by any of the Realms. Of Armageddon itself. There can be no peace while that power remains unclaimed." He nods at Fandaniel. "Agreed. They claim high-minded ideals, but truly they all want war. But they all lack the will to take the first necessary step."

After a moment, he steps closer. "We spoke of war at the Cadens Base." Enough for Goro to believe Fandaniel has at least some understanding of its tides and flow. "I wonder...how might you go about convincing the Free Cities to take that first step? Call a thought experiment." He offers, but he's watching Fandaniel very closely, very...intently.