"You will not preach realism to me, you naive boy! Yes, we are bargaining chips to them. That is exactly what

"You will not preach realism to me, you naive boy! Yes, we are bargaining chips to them. That is exactly what I am basing my politics on. A delicate contraption which you are smashing to bits! War will come to Brevoy, even you can see that. But as long as it hasn't yet begun, we can scarcely do better than pretending to be the Aldori's most loyal vassals!"