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Dulcena's attention moved immediately to Rolf, her lips tightening in irritation as he came dangerously close to outright refusing her.  "I would have expected someone like you to not quiver at the mere mention of magic," she scoffed at him.  

"People fear what they do not understand," she continued to the group as a whole.  "They dismiss solutions to problems because the thought makes them uncomfortable."

She was really referring to those ignorant fools that made up most of the High Council.  They'd been wringing their hands and dithering for months now over the fact that tensions with their northern neighbor had been ramping up.  "If and when the peace talks with Erilona fail, they will bring their army south.  There is knowledge locked within Whitehall that I believe can help defend our land."