[b]"If you're so worried about lazing around and Plegia mobilizing its fighters before Ylisse can, which even then would prove futile,"[/b] Xanxus let out a sigh as he rode his horse beside Darrian's, a bit surprised at his friend's ridiculous claim of Plegia having a nick of a chance against Ylisse in an armed conflict. Now, he understood why he frequently thought of Darrian as a blatant hypocrite, or an ignorant buffoon, at times. He wondered how Darrian could've forgotten that they possessed an army whose only equal was Valm; he had expected a different reaction out of Darrian, whom he knew as one who held a deep fascination for warfare. 

[b][i]"Then do something about it, Exalt.[/i] These Shepherds are not worth the [i]precious[/i] time you could be devoting to bloodying the sands of Plegia; why not let [i]us[/i] waste our time on them, instead?"[/b]