More than two years passed in Zocarro as the situation in the War of the Worlds worsened with Irpoll's entry into the conflict.
Minos and his people at the Armhands headquarters had no idea what was going on involving those civilizations connected to them. They were still fulfilling their responsibilities within the guild.
None of them had had any chance to leave the headquarters in recent years, so they hadn't gotten involved in problems outside the guild, which could be good or bad, depending on your point of view.
In any case, the group was still whole and stronger than before, which was the most important thing for them.
They all believed that, sooner or later, they would succeed there and become Junior Officers. As such, they had been doing what they could to become stronger and more influential in this organization.
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