[ The concept of the United Nations sounds fascinating. It immediately sends wheels spinning in Claude's mind for what that could mean in Fodlan, let alone the surrounding countries. Something beyond just the unification of the continent, and something where everyone works together towards a potential goal? Even with the inevitable problems such an arrangement could also bring, the possibilities of that seem infinitely more exciting.

Somehow, he thinks as he watches the competitors now doing their best crawling through the mud, he doesn't think that's what the Free Cities has in mind for whatever's going on here in Abraxas. ]

I've found having a common enemy tends to be a better way to unify people than just about anything else. For better or for worse, depending on what it is.

And, well. It was war, so my shoulders didn't feel great underneath all that weight.

[ He shoots a sideways grin Cassidy's direction since now he knows they both know that's a massive understatement. To say the least. ]

I tried to keep us out of it for a while, but it ended up being our fight in the end. And I dunno about you, but I can't say I'm excited about the possibility of getting dragged into more war here.