2534 Thin Ice (Part 2)

"I know, but we are walking on thin ice." The King sighed. "If we push the Courts too far, they'll just stop helping us. At that point, the culls would become the least of our problems.

"Without them, the resources of our new home will run out in the span of a few months instead of years. We'd be forced to move again, this time with no one scouting the paths ahead for us or giving us the intel that we need for our raids.

"That bastard is right about one thing. We need to trust them. If they backstab us, a few Harmonizers less will make no difference since will be all dead."

"Then why don't you give the Courts the Harmonizers now?" The Traughen representative asked. "At least we'd check their loyalty instead of being constantly afraid of betrayal."