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Oh, I appear to have signed up to a writing thing. Not due for five months, though. Gives me plenty of time to write, rewrite and rerewrite.

[deleted paragraph] Since the comments are pretty interesting I'm going to unlock this entry and I don't want what was here to be public. XD

[edit] Massive huge spoilers for TLR in the comments, don't read if you don't want to be spoiled. (I guess that's just

vanillafire on my friends list right now. XD)

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From:

yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com

Yeah... though, he wouldn't have to declare war, just you know, like having missiles in Cuba pointing at America? XD;;; "We has powah, ph34r us" sort of thing?

Or, generally David realises the world situation isn't very stable. For example, Hermeien being Duke of Nagapur plus Congress Chairman plus running the Academy. The Valeria Heart has to stay where it is to stop earthquakes, and although the Gae Bolg is powerful, David can't be at many places at the same time, so it'd be better to have more Remnants? Emma's father wanted to find a great Athlumian Remnants, too...

That said, sometimes I want to ignore that whole conversation and imagine that one of the Generals talked David into paying more attention to the talisman because it can shield against the Gae Bolg. So either it can protect David if the Gae Bolg tries to drain him of all his lifeforce, or it can be dangerous if it falls onto the hands of someone anti-Athlum... XD

From:

storme

Hmm, point. But surely he could do that with just the Gae Bolg anyway?

Maybe Dave (like any Lord would be, I suspect) is just feeling grabby about any Remnants that he might possibly be able to get hold of? More is more, and all that--and the talisman is unbound at that point, so he stands a chance of being able to use it.

From:

yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com

Possibly. But although the GB is very powerful, it's not totally almighty. If they're fighting on two fronts, then they're screwed. XD

*nod* Also the fact that they'd never seen a talisman before? It was made from a Remnant using the tablet, so it's something that's "hey, it exhibits a Remnant's power but it's so... little?"

And Dave just can't resist the shiny.

From:

storme

Hmm, that's a point.

As is that, actually--I guess they'd never seen a talisman before. No wonder they're curious. Though at that point they've only seen it do its shielding thing--do you think they'd know it had other powers?

Dave is at least as intrigued by the pretty that comes with the shiny, I think. :P

From:

yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com

They probably had no idea, which was why Torgal asked Rush about it at Dillmore.

Oh wait, remember what Torgal said then? He wanted to know if the talisman could be used "outside of battles"! I guess it's the gamemakers' way to introduce the timeshift ability, but still... what if Athlum is after a Remnant that's not for fighting? Maybe they're wondering if the protection power they saw at Yaman Plain can be used to cover the whole of Athlum? Or am I stretching this too far?

Heh. That goes without saying!

From:

storme

Hmmm, maybe. It's a nice thought, though--wanting a defensive Remnant rather than an offensive one.

Poor Rush. If he weren't so oblivious, he'd probably get upset at the idea that Dave was only after him for his talisman.

From:

yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com

Rush really is pretty easy-going. Even when Athlum had his background checked, he just went, "that's fine, I'm used to it." *shrug & smile* Whether he was aware of Dave's original intention or not, it probably did't matter to him, because Dave said he'd help find Irina.

What a darling. ♥ Makes me want to pat him on the head. Dave most likely wants to pat him in other places. XD

From:

storme

He is absurdly trusting. I'm glad he didn't run up against someone like Hermeien *first*--it's not like Dave was exactly thinking just of Rush's best interests at first, but the other options for people who might have taken him in are much, much worse.

Dave gets very protective quite fast, I noticed in this playthrough. :P It's very sweet.