[He smiles and gives a small thank you for the refill. Then he takes a sip of tea.]
To be honest, the more I thought about it, [And he has been thinking about it a lot lately.] As things stand, it is only a matter of when not if war happens. To the Northwest, there are the Eighteen Tribe. Their current leader is only looking for an excuse to strike at Great Liang due to conflicts from the previous generation. To the West, the Pope has been pushing for expansion and war in the surrounding areas. Geographically speaking, Great Liang would be their next target. Dongying to the East [Which is like, Japan but who knows what passes for Google Translate will do with that.] ...Dongying is an island country. They are a little more cautious but also opportunistic. They had supported Wei Wang in his attempted coup four years ago and will like join in should one of the other make a move on Great Liang.
[He takes another sip of tea, looking awfully calm for the bad news he'd just laid out.]
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To be honest, the more I thought about it, [And he has been thinking about it a lot lately.] As things stand, it is only a matter of when not if war happens. To the Northwest, there are the Eighteen Tribe. Their current leader is only looking for an excuse to strike at Great Liang due to conflicts from the previous generation. To the West, the Pope has been pushing for expansion and war in the surrounding areas. Geographically speaking, Great Liang would be their next target. Dongying to the East [Which is like, Japan but who knows what passes for Google Translate will do with that.] ...Dongying is an island country. They are a little more cautious but also opportunistic. They had supported Wei Wang in his attempted coup four years ago and will like join in should one of the other make a move on Great Liang.
[He takes another sip of tea, looking awfully calm for the bad news he'd just laid out.]
It's a little bit of a mess.