They couldn't be trusted, even when the others were still around.
[ to keep the peace, he means, though cassian andor doesn't often trust others as a general thing. he thinks back to his conversation with quetzacoatl, how silco had taken advantage of the blight to kill her. even knowing she would come back, even knowing they had bigger problems on their hands. and now the situation is so much more dire — not just for the loss of all the locals, the previous generation of shard-bearers, but for the scarcity of supplies. even though bearers' needs aren't the same as they once were, people always get angry when necessities are involved. lose your food and water, and the gentlest person might turn violent. factor in the opposing factions...and you have a powder keg ready to blow.
he shakes his head, regarding this area of springstar for a moment, before looking back to byleth. ]
Did you recognize the voice? The one we all heard when our Shards were — [ well, whatever happened that led to their respective slumbers. ] — taken.
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[ to keep the peace, he means, though cassian andor doesn't often trust others as a general thing. he thinks back to his conversation with quetzacoatl, how silco had taken advantage of the blight to kill her. even knowing she would come back, even knowing they had bigger problems on their hands. and now the situation is so much more dire — not just for the loss of all the locals, the previous generation of shard-bearers, but for the scarcity of supplies. even though bearers' needs aren't the same as they once were, people always get angry when necessities are involved. lose your food and water, and the gentlest person might turn violent. factor in the opposing factions...and you have a powder keg ready to blow.
he shakes his head, regarding this area of springstar for a moment, before looking back to byleth. ]
Did you recognize the voice? The one we all heard when our Shards were — [ well, whatever happened that led to their respective slumbers. ] — taken.