Re: Chapter 3 - Crane Choices
"The Mantis seem likly to aid our cause if we conceed to their demands. The forces he offers are in excess of 60% of our own, this would be a great help indeed. His demands seem odd to me though, he asks us to give somthing his clan has already taken. I assume what he really is asking for is for the Crane to publicly support their bold political moves." Aki scratches his chin, "It seems to me they are swinging a sword with two edges. If we accept their demands they will provide forces in such number as to claim victory without them would have been imposible, portraying us as weak while demanding we confirm it in the courts. On the other hand if we refuse we may not be able to hold the castle, and the mantice will use this to claim we are to weak to hold sway over the minor clans." Aki looks to Satoru-san, "But perhaps my untrained ears heard wrong, I am just a soldier and I often think in simple terms. I would veary much enjoy hearing the opinion of one as wise as yourself."
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