[djo]

And speaking of diplomacy and time...I would like to apologize for my own somewhat dysfunctional play recently. In particular, I owe Zooko an apology. For the last many, many turns, I've been making his/Sak's/Caelum's life fairly unpleasant with a continuous flood of spies and stealthy preachers. My intention was to petition for war a long time ago, but things just kept...happening. I didn't think it'd be sporting to do anything before the duel was decided (a masterful play on his part, I think). Then I didn't think I'd get votes when Sak was dead (due to sympathy). And I have to do some traveling soon (but I don't know exactly when), and I didn't want to start a war and then have to stale in the middle of it.

So, apologies for my relative disengagement, and for my not terribly sporting "cold war" with Zooko.