Oh... Six. Regis blinks a little at those answers, but they do cover
a lot of the salient points - they're not the only ones informed of
the issue, but one of a number of sets of people. He would still go for
some kind of public announcement, but there's a lot he still doesn't know
about this world, and this country in it in particular, so he is not going
to offer advice. Yet.
What they will be dealing with, on the other hand...
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I'm sure we will all avail ourselves of the
opportunities to learn more that you have outlined, since there's a lot
more to learn. Including other places in this world which may hold
information that is relevant to the problem." He has ... questions about
the assumption that the summon was with malicious intent, but those can
wait when they know more. He has... more than enough first-hand knowledge
of how curiosity can get you into much more trouble than one would expect.
Still, it is probably far safer to assume and prepare for the worst. In
particular considering what Queen Ashe most recently talked of. "I have one
question further, and you need not answer it immediately if you do not have
a ready answer, but I think it would be helpful. You mention several times
about legends. Are there collections of such legends already compiled, or
could you or your staff direct some of us to areas where such legends may
be still narrated? Within the borders of your country, of course."
As factual information has been lost, compiling and comparing different
versions of legends might give nuggets of information. He'll be looking
into such in other areas, as possible. And even natives of the Empire might
not know such information - while the Empress, clearly, has been collecting
narratives.
"Oh, and... earlier you said that Bahamut was being summoned, and now it
sounded as though it is a process that has been successfully accomplished.
Which one are we probably dealing with?"
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Oh... Six. Regis blinks a little at those answers, but they do cover a lot of the salient points - they're not the only ones informed of the issue, but one of a number of sets of people. He would still go for some kind of public announcement, but there's a lot he still doesn't know about this world, and this country in it in particular, so he is not going to offer advice. Yet.
What they will be dealing with, on the other hand...
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I'm sure we will all avail ourselves of the opportunities to learn more that you have outlined, since there's a lot more to learn. Including other places in this world which may hold information that is relevant to the problem." He has ... questions about the assumption that the summon was with malicious intent, but those can wait when they know more. He has... more than enough first-hand knowledge of how curiosity can get you into much more trouble than one would expect. Still, it is probably far safer to assume and prepare for the worst. In particular considering what Queen Ashe most recently talked of. "I have one question further, and you need not answer it immediately if you do not have a ready answer, but I think it would be helpful. You mention several times about legends. Are there collections of such legends already compiled, or could you or your staff direct some of us to areas where such legends may be still narrated? Within the borders of your country, of course."
As factual information has been lost, compiling and comparing different versions of legends might give nuggets of information. He'll be looking into such in other areas, as possible. And even natives of the Empire might not know such information - while the Empress, clearly, has been collecting narratives.
"Oh, and... earlier you said that Bahamut was being summoned, and now it sounded as though it is a process that has been successfully accomplished. Which one are we probably dealing with?"