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The Triune checks its numbers against your apparent capacity for violence; they look worried despite their blank masks. Losh sidles up beside you as if you're allies now. It might come to that. Or, with the Triune cowed, you might just be able to take what you came here for.

There's a moment of tense silence, then one of the Triune says, "So, Riverlanders, speak plainly. What exactly do you want here?"

Losh looks from the Triune to your group, his expression guarded and suspicious.

"We take the cog, freeing the Icon," Control says. "In return…"

She looks to you.