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"Alright then. The other question, I might want an answer to - is for how long, do you expect for us to stay here?" he asked from her. They had cometh to her aid, without any possibility or promise of reward or reparations for their assistance. Plus, their stay would also cost them - in time and supplies, and while he had left a sizeable army to defend their homeland; as a leader of his nation, he had to put the welfare of his nation first and foremost.

"How badly were your own armies damaged. You have to understand, that we can't stay here forever," added Riverdane. It was the cynical and pragmatic part of rulership - depending on namely the ruler. Specifically it was the notion, that nothing was gained or given for free. Riverdane had called worth and marched upon the Eternal Grounds - since he didn't want to deal with the horde of refugees that might have cometh, in the case that the Eternal Grounds fell. Nor to deal with the orcish horde, when there was the possibility of stopping them before they reached his borders.

But now, when that conflict was over - many of his men would want to go home, and he was also inclined to agree with them. The battle was won, and for them so was the war in retrospect. So Marosa in essence, needed to provide them some reason to stay - other than, there being likely tunnels running through her forests. A deep threat or a more lucrative opportunity - might convince their armies to stay for now. But if Marosa had nothing to offer, then his armies - would want to do nothing and leave. And Riverdane wasn't about to force them to stay. Zaros had a history of bad neighbours - and them taking casualties was luck. If they started bleeding for another country - then it would be very hard to explain, why they needed to stay.