The Zu Elders looked toward the elder who spoke with incredulous gazes. Clans always placed benefits over everything else, but this truth was always hidden beneath a veneer of politeness. However, this elder didn't seem to care for such things at all.
"We don't have the luxury of playing up a façade of good heartedness. Our Zu Clan has fallen generation after generation, from a mighty people, to scattering cockroaches, to a point where we can finally lift our heads again.
"Second Grade Elder was our hope to return to this Realm's highest peak once more, but he's failed due to unknown reasons. Now, a promising youth has fallen as well.
"You all know as well as I that Elder Delonte is not as talented as he's shown in the past few decades. However, we have all refrained from prying into his secrets from him for various reasons… Namely because we are not in a state where we can afford to have internal strife within our Clan."
