Brotherhood Bar-Talks

[McNeo]

Juan stares at the glass in his hand, and frowns as he responds.

"I see your points entirely Ares. But the days of simplicity when the Corsair cause was small and united have since disappeared. There are many factions and their leaders vying for power, most without a sense of honour, pride and dignity. Even more without a sense of right or wrong. Those within the Corsair nation we have to put in their place every so often, but we have to do it more subtly than you wish us to."

Juan then leans back on his chair and speaks to Ares directly.

"Even if I wanted to do something about it, I couldn't without consulting the other Elders or putting myself in the firing line. I am sure, you can appreciate that I can't afford questions to be asked about the leadership of the Brotherhood, especially in a time of great internal turmoil, such as this."

Juan pauses, and then continues to speak.

"Brother, I ask this of you. What would you do, if you were in my position? You cannot risk a civil war due to the enemies at our gates, and you need a garrison on Crete while the rest of us attack Rheinland. What would you do? What could you do?"