[Technically, both are applicable, though he does happen to be hearing the latter a lot more with the work he's been doing lately. Might be nice for a change.]
Indeed. [He takes a pensive sip of his own drink, mulling it over, before he replies.] On one hand, the stakes for reneging on the contracts of well over a hundred souls would be dire. There are Lost Souls with abilities I can hardly comprehend. It would be simple to mutiny against our clan leaders. In theory.
Yet... they have no obligation to us while we are in their world, and on their terms. Should it be necessary we can always be pushed back down to our knees by our leaders. And the alternative is the wastes outside the city, with no way to return home. We've essentially been press-ganged, have we not?
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[Technically, both are applicable, though he does happen to be hearing the latter a lot more with the work he's been doing lately. Might be nice for a change.]
Indeed. [He takes a pensive sip of his own drink, mulling it over, before he replies.] On one hand, the stakes for reneging on the contracts of well over a hundred souls would be dire. There are Lost Souls with abilities I can hardly comprehend. It would be simple to mutiny against our clan leaders. In theory.
Yet... they have no obligation to us while we are in their world, and on their terms. Should it be necessary we can always be pushed back down to our knees by our leaders. And the alternative is the wastes outside the city, with no way to return home. We've essentially been press-ganged, have we not?