Reliving your past through innocent eyes. [Open]

[ronnae.livejournal.com]

Now that everything was over, and people regained their memories and appropriate ages, Ronnae found herself staring at the sketchpad her younger self was carrying around. She was somehow scared of opening it. Fearful that the memories would be too painful. She had, after all, done her best to not think about things while on the ship. She knew it would only bring her heartache knowing that they might or might not be in the pods and even then, would they be the same? 

She sighed as she settled under the large tree that made up Nokosi's house, slumping down till she sat on the grassy floor, relaxing against the smooth bark of the tree. Placing the sketchpad on her lap, she looked at it with hesitation, maybe she'll take a peak.

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[ronnae.livejournal.com]

Again he confused her with her wording, but she just shook her head to clear her thoughts. "Well it's up to the merchant to decide what his wares are worth. Have you tried taking it up with them?"

[seesbosscrotch.livejournal.com]

"Sure, but have you ever tried that? I tell him I just slew the ghost of Nielas Aran in our ongoing quest to cleanse the dread tower of Karazhan, and all he does is asks me what I need. They're masters of deflection."

[ronnae.livejournal.com]

"Maybe you jus' don't come off as someone they want to trade with. It's not like there's not discrimination back home."

[seesbosscrotch.livejournal.com]

"Possibly, and it's not like the Sin'dorei exactly have a vocal presence at the top echelons of the Horde."

He glanced over at her. "Quick, name the regent of our people!"

[ronnae.livejournal.com]

"Lor'themar Theron? He's a great representative. A great hero too. My fathers think very highly of him and are proud to work under him."

[seesbosscrotch.livejournal.com]

"I'm impressed," Mar said. "Most people couldn't have. Though I suppose with your heritage you had a better chance than most." He sighed. "I know the absolute crazy ones get the most attention, but plenty of people even know Baine Bloodhoof, and he's not on a rampage of genocide."

[ronnae.livejournal.com]

"It's a heavy burden... that Baine took on, specially considering the circumstances of how he got into the position in the first place..." She said sadly.

[seesbosscrotch.livejournal.com]

"He's up to the task, though." It was... comforting to talk to someone about home who understood it, not needing to describe everything to them. A pleasant change. "I wonder if any of them are on the ship waiting to be released, too."

[ronnae.livejournal.com]

"I've wondered that as well. I'm sure it'd be a great boon to have any of them on board considering they're all great leaders. Someone experienced in war."

[seesbosscrotch.livejournal.com]

"...I'm going to go on record and say I'm really glad Garrosh, Wrynn, and Sylvanas aren't out here," he said. "I don't think any of them quite have the knack for subtle diplomacy and togetherness the crew needs, y'know?"

[ronnae.livejournal.com]

"True enough," She giggled a bit, covering her mouth shyly. "But the Dark Lady would be the most stable out of those three I'd wager. If anything because she's not as xenophobic as the other two."

[seesbosscrotch.livejournal.com]

"Oh sure, right up until she tried to infect the ship with Scourge plague on the ground that it's the only way to make sure the undead get their fair treatment or whatever," Mar said. "Just because she's not xenophobic doesn't mean she's not putting her interests first."

[ronnae.livejournal.com]

"I think you are misjudging her, just like everyone else. Wouldn't you try your hardest to keep your people from dying out? Just because they're different doesn't give them less of a right to want to continue their race." She frowned, a bit agitated even.

[seesbosscrotch.livejournal.com]

Mar wasn't anywhere near as agitated. He understood the basic reasoning, there, and to a certain extent could sympathize if not for one key point.

"No," he said, still amicable. "If preserving my people required killing others, then raising them to undeath, I'd like to think I'd let my people come to a noble end rather than do that."

[ronnae.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, well, that's your point of view. And there's many different people out there with different ideals and such. Doesn't mean you don't respect them."

[seesbosscrotch.livejournal.com]

"True, but look at it from the position of Azeroth," Mar said. "Assuming the Forsaken don't just maintain, but continue to spread, what will happen?"

[ronnae.livejournal.com]

"I trust the Dark Lady's judgement to stop when her numbers are in the safety of acceptable population. She's one of our leaders after all."

[seesbosscrotch.livejournal.com]

"Then let me put a thought experiment to you," Mar said. "When is enough? If you were her, when would you say is enough?"

[ronnae.livejournal.com]

"When I felt we were adequately secure. Say a perfect number population to keep our city running to its full capacity." she replied confidently.

[seesbosscrotch.livejournal.com]

"Okay. Now, let's say it's a good week on Azeroth, and only three Forsaken are killed by the Twilight Hammer, or a really bored human charging through Brill hurling fireballs, or whatnot. What then?"

[ronnae.livejournal.com]

"You talk as if there's not a slew of corpses in Azeroth." Her voice was tense and she frowned, she was letting him get to her and she didn't enjoy that.

[seesbosscrotch.livejournal.com]

"Oh, there are. But if just any old corpse would do, they'd be using just any old corpse, instead of burying Southshore and invading Gilneas, I'd think," he said. "And even so... even if only three people died, doesn't that mean you need to bring more than three people back, to be strong enough to handle the threats?"

Still perfectly calm. He's treating this as an academic discussion, really.

[ronnae.livejournal.com]

"Those were targets in the messed up war we fight every day! That's like saying the elves invasion of Zul'Aman was just a 'doctors visit'!" She frowned and took a deep breath. "You can't judge her decisions based on things that every other race in Azeroth does on a daily basis. Humans, elves, orcs, dwarves, all of them have invaded and destroyed different cities, villages, and killed entire populations."

[seesbosscrotch.livejournal.com]

"The Tauren are pretty good about not razing villages, except as pare of a greater Horde action," Mar countered. "So there's a question to pose: Southshore. Did it fall for the Horde... or for the Forsaken?"

[ronnae.livejournal.com]

"See, that's a misconception. True the Tauren are by far our most peaceful members, but they do raze villages, in fact, they hate centaur so much that they go out of their way to raze their camps every now and then. Secondly, Sounthshore had been a thorn on their side for quite some time, it was only a matter of time whether Tarren Mill fell, or Southshore. Or do you think that if given the chance the humans wouldn't have destroyed all of Tarren Mill?" She raised a questioning brow before sighing.

"Look, I'm not saying I condone this cycle of hatred. I loathe it, and if things could be different, I would do anything to make it so. But that's how our world is, and if you're going to judge the Forsaken for being a product of this world and then deny them the chance to exist just like everyone else, then I think that seems a bit hypocritical."