"No." It's an honest answer. Linhardt was paying absolutely zero attention to the political situation in Thorne and had resisted any attempts to bring him into awareness. He was stubbornly apathetic about anything with a whiff of conflict or politics, "I've been avoiding people."

There was never any tension to observe because more than 2 other people in a space meant that it was time for Linhardt to leave. He had entered this world as a nobody and intended to stay that way. Nobodies were allowed to spend their lives in libraries.

"I take your point, however. I can't imagine they would be summoning healers unless they were losing too many soldiers. I have no intention of being involved; I do not have enough information to know if Thorne is worth preserving or what they would plan to do if they reversed their fortunes. I do not know what Thorne's citizens think."

"Just because they are the nation who called us does not mean that they are correct. Or that any of them are." It was entirely possible for every nation in Abraxas to be corrupt. Or for this all to be a big communication mishap. Both are possible. They just didn't know.