Prophecy

"Oh, I trust that you two will live up to any expectations I place upon you, for the alternative would be such a shame," said Li pointedly. He sat on the couch again and crossed his legs, extending a hand forward for them to do the same. "Now, talk. What circumstances drive you here? Why should I trust your motivations as anything but simple cries to save your lives?"

"For it would be all too easy to end my life," said Cicero as he sat on the couch, shaky hands wrapped together on his lap. "If you were to send any message to the north suggesting my desire to topple the current Republic, which you with your guild's influence could easily do, then the Imperator will investigate me and promptly execute me for treason."

"And why would you decide to topple the Republic? Is it not an advanced society that secludes itself from the rest of the world in its own utopia?"