"We can't let emotion dictate our move," John said to Thaergood. "We got a bigger picture to consider here."
"This is not about emotion. This is about our kingdom's pride!" Thaergood returned.
"When I was still in school, my teacher taught me that pride is classified as emotion," John said without any attempt of concealing his mocking tone.
"No. Thaergood is right," Jack said, cutting their debate short before it heated up. "We won't send any gift to Sangrod. We will, however, send a delegation to give them a message, informing them of our new management. It is not the time yet to antagonize them. When the time comes, I promise we will ask for their responsibility for the late King Themos' incident. But before we can do that, we need to prepare two things. Firstly, we need to stabilize our kingdom, both politically and militarily. Secondly, finding out who is the vampire that turned King Themos."
