"As far as we know." Basil's tail lashes back and forth, knocking a book off the shelf - he looks embarrassed and picks it back up.

"The Truce is still in effect, unless something happened in the ten minutes since I've seen the paper. It started because they had a habit of giving faulty information to our generals to use our warriors as decoys, rather than letting our soldiers make an informed decision to die. Naturally, they never risked their beloved Kessek in these battles."