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So much for "noble" Pythium.

If C'tis had known you would whine and pule and greet like some lost child, we would have sent your a bucket for your tears along with our declaration of war.

Can C'tis hope that it is only fear, which has clouded the minds of your counselors, and impaired the vision of your spies? Or is it because you wish undue advantage, that you feel a need to embellish and exaggerate. Or perhaps Pythium's agenda is to seek to trick C'tis into disclosing the true composition of our forces. In any case, your lies sully the reputation that you seem to have invested so much effort in.

Pythium, send me your death gems, so that C'tis may summon four tartarians a turn. Send me your air and earth gems, that C'tis might equip them. Send me your nature gems, that C'tis might bestow reason on them. And for Pankreator's sake, send me your store of artifacts, so that C'tis may live up to the reputation that you seek to build for us!

If next month the graphs tell a tale of only losses for Pythium, and only gains for C'tis, then that is because you are avoiding the fight with our nation, so that other nations may fight in your stead. While you preserve your strength. While you take no risks. Perhaps a smart plan, but also a cowardly one.

So much for "noble" Pythium.