[center][h3][color=8F9779]General Cormorant Sanders – the Stands[/color][/h3]
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Sanders dropped his hand from his beard.  He looked suddenly weary.  Was this shapeshifter trying to provoke him?  She would have no luck in that regard.  Truly, he hadn't expected the master of such a powerful guild to be so aggressively assertive.  Looking up for a moment at the blue sky, Sanders wondered if there was any point in talking to Jamie at all; she seemed so convinced that she knew it all.  She knew better than Sanders how his guild felt, evidently, and knew that their training didn't mean whit when it came to restraining their emotions, and a whole host of other things that made the general want to throw up his hands.  He did not want to speak to this person anymore, but he felt an obligation to at least try and defend himself.

[color=8F9779]”Alas for you.  You assume nothing but the worst about my guild.  I have given you my word that they will not seek revenge outside of Damian's challenge or duels in the arena, but it seems what you think trumps what I tell you.  Look around at my soldiers.”[/color]  He pointed with his staff at several of the nearby members of Frenzy Plant, including Kumbha.  [color=8F9779]”Their fury has already ebbed.  A mere underlying resentment will not trump their training.  And what is it you mean by 'the authorities won't be able'?  My guild is law-abiding, Jamie.  To perform a single criminal act would be anathema to the warrior's code of honor.”

“As for Hyun, she is more than unconscious.  As much as we'd like to think otherwise, she is deaf to anything we'd say.  She wouldn't want us wasting our time clustered around her bed.  She'd want us to be out here trying to win.  You struck a low blow, telling me we don't know the meaning of family.  It makes my old heart hurt, but I suppose that is what you wanted.  If you feel it necessary to try for moral superiority, or to prove a point, please do visit Hyun.  You've come to me in the wake of a dream deferred, thrown dirt upon my soldiers' code of honor, and then told me I've wasted my life forging this guild's bonds.  Even if you weren't listening, I've promised you that my soldiers will seek no unjust revenge.  I beg you to leave, and to not inflict any more damage.”[/color]

He turned his eyes back to the arena, hoping that he wouldn't hear Jamie's voice again, still trying to assert herself and her guild.  [i]I will not humor her by responding again,[/i] he decided.