[There’s a brief flash of a sympathetic half-smile for him. Some people take to the whole thing easily, and others find themselves struggling to navigate it for much longer. Or hell, struggle to accept this new reality of theirs at all.
Just as there’s numerous worlds all the Shard-bearers are coming from, there are also countless possibilities of histories and life experiences that could color how this whole thing shakes out for people. And it’s not getting any easier in that regard.]
Newcomers like yourself have gotten more of a raw deal when it comes to the factions, unfortunately.
[He rubs at his beard for a thoughtful moment, trying to decide the simplest way to explain it.]
Up until pretty recently, the factions more or less just existed by name. Folks on either side got along decently well, cities were open and friendly to visitors from either side. The tensions are only really just starting to kick in.
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[There’s a brief flash of a sympathetic half-smile for him. Some people take to the whole thing easily, and others find themselves struggling to navigate it for much longer. Or hell, struggle to accept this new reality of theirs at all.
Just as there’s numerous worlds all the Shard-bearers are coming from, there are also countless possibilities of histories and life experiences that could color how this whole thing shakes out for people. And it’s not getting any easier in that regard.]
Newcomers like yourself have gotten more of a raw deal when it comes to the factions, unfortunately.
[He rubs at his beard for a thoughtful moment, trying to decide the simplest way to explain it.]
Up until pretty recently, the factions more or less just existed by name. Folks on either side got along decently well, cities were open and friendly to visitors from either side. The tensions are only really just starting to kick in.