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Frontier Town Traveller's Haus - Dining Hall

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Jade laughed a bit. "That name was from his first trainer, actually. I never asked him, but I think he kept it to remember him by."

She bristled at Mhynt's words. Merit in knowing when to kill, huh. "Maybe. Virga told me something like that before, back home. But I still don't think it's something we should be looking for. And I don't regret how we've handled stuff here so far." She thought of Moltres, drowning in paranoia and anger, lashing out at the world for its unfairness, dragging others into her own pit of lonely despair. Desperate to be understood.

Jade leaned her head against her palm. "The legends we've met here aren't all that different than the ones I knew back home. Maybe some of them weren't... coping as well as others. But they're just people, even if they're thought of as gods. I think it was right to give them a chance."

She wasn't so naive as to think that everyone could turn things around, but she'd already forgiven a lot worse.
 
"Where would you draw the line, though?" Mhynt challenged, tilting her head.

Owen tensed slightly, sinking into the shadows.

"For example, some Legends didn't seem to mind causing great harm to mortals as collateral, whether they intended or just didn't care. If a cyclone was heading for a settlement, about to kill many, or destroy their homes, or render the sick without shelter... if a Legend, in a tantrum of being misunderstood, caused a great flood, or a drought, cutting off the food supply... and we chose to give them a chance, only for them to continue the same... where would we draw the line? If the people rose up for a clash against them and their irresponsible behavior... who would we side with?

"Personally, I think the gods of this world are deeply flawed. Such great power placed upon mortal minds... It's not too far removed from my home. And my home is due for an apocalypse of the gods. I'm surprised it hasn't already happened here, with what we've seen when we got here, already so far from its state of decay."

Briefly, Mhynt was quiet. Then, she smirked faintly, facing Jade. "What do you think? That speech would probably appeal to the Coven for an upcoming meeting."
 
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