"Terrok deals in the slave trade, right? Do you think cutting off all imports and exports to them while aiding the oppressed races to rebel would destabilize them for a while?"
"It would do more than 'just destabilize' them. More than 40% of Terrok's imports and exports come from our empire, cutting that off suddenly would be disastrous, for both sides.
Though the damage to them would be a lot worse.
Let's not even talk about the implications that the 'rebellion' fails, that's a different case altogether."
"True, it's not worth it if our people suffer even a little bit just to make Terrok miserable."
Laurene affirmed Arnold's reply as she placed her elbow on her desk and propped her chin up with her hand. She rhythmically tapped her fingers on the desk, with each tap releasing a pulse of magic power that slowly repaired the desk.
Seeing that she was relatively calmer compared to before, Arnold posed a question to her.
