A good way to get something better, then. I would imagine that some would get all that they need, then cut and run. I'm also going to guess that there are limits to what they can give you.
Yes, and yes. You can't ask for people for one thing. Trust me, I tried. [Which is still kind of stupid but whatever.] It's sorta like the three wishes a genie can't grant you but they're pretty reasonable depending on how much you give them first.
You're smarter than most people who show up. They bring new shardbearers in every couple of months? Then they hold the feasts and then they drop the bomb on you about the war.
How kind of you to say! But that makes sense. That gives us enough time to acclimate before they get in another batch. It also gives them two months to find those shardbearers.
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