Juniper nods. "It would. But if the gods will not allow us that ... All I can think to do is try to end the war as quickly and bloodlessly as possible. My first loyalty must be to my own people. But I don't want others to suffer either." That's what Juniper struggles with, ultimately -- it's hard for her to accept the fact that her position as Greatwood Guardian means putting the Fae before everyone else, treating some lives as more important than others. But it's her duty as her people's leader to protect them first.
Mildew's question makes Juniper tilt her head. "Well, I've only ventured into the Grounds a few times. They've never outright banned the Fae, as far as I'm aware, in the same way that we banned the Ascended from the Greatwood, but it feels strange to go to their homeland. The people I spoke to there, though ... They were Ascended, but they were still good people. They had so much hope for the future ..." She's particularly thinking of Azrael when she says that, of their plans to rebuild the Grounds. "And now that will all be lost."
Another nod: Juniper knows that she'll probably never get an explanation for the storms, though it seems to her that they were counterproductive, ultimately forcing everyone to rely on the Voice's portals to connect Caido. But another, more important question occurs to her. "You are a demigoddess of Frey -- I've come to wonder, recently, if Rae and their herald might be more open to the idea of peace, or at least some accommodations for the Ascended in defeat, than the other Old Gods. Do you know where they stand?"
Mildew's question makes Juniper tilt her head. "Well, I've only ventured into the Grounds a few times. They've never outright banned the Fae, as far as I'm aware, in the same way that we banned the Ascended from the Greatwood, but it feels strange to go to their homeland. The people I spoke to there, though ... They were Ascended, but they were still good people. They had so much hope for the future ..." She's particularly thinking of Azrael when she says that, of their plans to rebuild the Grounds. "And now that will all be lost."
Another nod: Juniper knows that she'll probably never get an explanation for the storms, though it seems to her that they were counterproductive, ultimately forcing everyone to rely on the Voice's portals to connect Caido. But another, more important question occurs to her. "You are a demigoddess of Frey -- I've come to wonder, recently, if Rae and their herald might be more open to the idea of peace, or at least some accommodations for the Ascended in defeat, than the other Old Gods. Do you know where they stand?"
Juniper
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