The Prime Minister sat and waited quietly, listening carefully to the questions that Gabriel presented, nodding at some of them with a small grin still being formed on his face. After it seemed he was done, he sat for a while, seeming to contemplate.
"Well, you should know that I cannot reveal the task until I am certain of who is coming along for the ride. If they are unwilling to even fly to the task, I cannot trust them to carry through with it. Next, I would not consider this number of mages to be extraordinary. A small unit of mages would be more than enough for this task, and your variety of skills are necessary for what will lie ahead. Ranks I do not care much about, as you all seem to for some reason hold very highly to. Your rank is just a judgement of what they think your power lies at, and doesn't concern me." The Prime Minister answered, seeming to almost give no effort to any of them.
"However, you were chosen specifically because you possess a proper personality, skills, ideals, and workings of what I will need for this particular task. Again, I am not sure why everyone seems to think pure strength is what I am looking for here."
The Prime Minister leaned back, watching to see if any more came from Alexander or Gabriel, seeming satisfied with the answers he had given.
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Seth contemplated a small moment before deciding to answer, coming up with something very easily to compare Raven's example with.
"You see that guard over there? If I were to fight him one on one within both of our means, he would break me. Easily. And could throw me around like a toy to finish me. And he would probably think absolutely nothing of it. I would be broken, and there would be nothing to do." Seth said, giving a small nod to the guard.
"But you know what? I'm not willing to surrender like that. Maybe I won't be able to break them like they break me, but that doesn't mean I am just going to sit there and stay the same. I will find a way around it, or over it, or....something. I think people forget that mages break just as easily as people do, and that just because we can be broken doesn't mean we are all done. Plenty of time to be done when we are dead." Seth finished, seeming to get very introspective as he kept speaking.
Hah....Dad, you were crazy sometimes, I'm sure. But sometimes, those things you said and taught were something you knew I would use somewhere. I hope I can visit you after this, and Mom too. However, as you put it: "Business waits for no weather, time, or people." and I got a task now.
