[h2]Tyaethe Radistirin[/h2]

"[i]Naive[/i] is thinking that you can solve all problems yourself just because you're wealthy and have spies. An entire fort of soldiers are dead because your first thought is to hire mercenaries only after a theft," the vampire snapped, continuing to glare out from the helmet at the little girl. Nobles and mages, so alike in their overconfidence.

But especially the complete [i]idiots[/i] that had thought they could ever destroy the shard. At best, they might split it into smaller shards, which would only exacerbate the problem. It was like trying to rid the world of [i]cold[/i].