[quote=@Mardox]
<Snipped quote by Kho>

Aw, I wanted to gas the Ashlings...
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Well, you would have been able to. But Zephyrion is simply too sensitive to diamond forests [i]just outside[/i] his desert. Fate has willed that no great war should be for the moment, for certain events which are not yet must first be. This does Fate itself decree - are you one to risk its ire and wrath? Wouldn't take that chance if I were you...