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The information she received from the ship’s captain was unfortunately not heartening. To Éliane, it was increasingly looking like Command was running around with its head cut off without input from the main administrative core. It was still unfathomable to her that even with an inside job the capital could be taken without a fight from the active Skaelan military. The fact that nearly everything that mattered coming down to her own actions and the rest of the Kirins was getting ridiculous. It was certainly a far cry from the initial diplomatic mission she had been on.

The information at Falcon’s Nest, and from Kayliss herself wasn’t that much better, although the presence of hot coffee did go some way to tide her mood over. The moment she mentioned Solitude, Éliane leaned in, already jumping at the bit to return to the capital. The situation with the Blighted dragons was unfortunate, but she really didn’t care about some jumped up blighted wildlife right now. 

Her interest in the city was obvious enough that she didn’t even mention it, ignoring Esben’s prompting as she immediately launched into adding to the conversation on the tactical situation around Solitude. “Not just the locations of the outposts; we’re going to need the status of the existing friendly bases, depots, and installations on the outskirts as well. Any units in the area? Risks of being shot at from the city itself?" Her grip tightened around her mug.

"We’ve heard little more than rumors about anything around Solitude now, and going in with outdated or just plain incorrect information is worse than going in blind.” 

She was intimately familiar with the lay of the land here, but she was not looking forward to having to assume that everything in the area was going to be hostile.