"And you would prefer to slaughter them all and be done with it? Until we discover their motives and learn the

"And you would prefer to slaughter them all and be done with it? Until we discover their motives and learn their location and numbers, wouldn't you think it wiser to proceed with caution? This doesn't sound like you, old friend. You would execute a small patrol on a whim, to watch all of Varnhold burn tomorrow? No, we must learn what we can of their motives, and determine the need for an armistice. But do not imagine me blind to menace these centaurs pose to our villages. I will take any steps necessary to protect them. But that does not include slaughtering an entire patrol, or ultimately a whole tribe, simply because centaurs lack all skill at diplomacy."