FLYING OF THE FOUR FLAGS
But when the excitement died down, I laid out the reality to Cassandra.
"We have to prepare for war", I told Cassandra.
"I know, the Kutha alliance didn't come to challenge us just for the Stargate rune which they know must be taken already by the Temple of Serpents. They came to intimidate us in front of the neutral temples, using the recovery of the rune as a pretext", Cassandra said to me.
"What will they do next?" Meera asked me.
"Since that plan failed, their next step would probably be to invade us into submission", I replied to her.
"We must be prepared for that", Cassandra told us.
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"We are dagger-wielding assassins, so our disciples are not suited for a large-scale battle", Cassandra told me about the temple's problem.
"I've thought about it. Perhaps there is enough time for our disciples to learn a templar skill", I told her.
"What templar skill?" she asked me.