The ballistae and other armaments for the towers are proceeding well enough, with several installed already. I suspect I've owed you an update far sooner, but time does slip away.

The discussions I've had however, have proved fruitful, and has given me a new question I wished to pursue in tandem, of the more strictly magical variety. Is there a native way to harness the energies left as remnants of battlefield, or mayhap has anyone here tried?

[ Frankly, it was some of those asking for ways of magic outside of war that makes him think of it. Research by others he'd kept up on in Eorzea, distantly, but not pursued himself. But in light of new information, he does wonder if there is a way to make things more immediately helpful. If Rathakku doesn't want the dramatic sacrifice of a desperate people, then there are likely some in Alem who do. Which has led Stephanivien to recall an alternative.

Either Deimar intends to bargain with them as the chips, or he doesn't, but in the grand scheme of things it's not the worst lie by any leader Stephanivien has followed, and in some ways is arguably far more understandable...

...assuming it came from Deimar at all. Ah, the wondrous game of courts. ]