0. We have finished assessing the damage, and it is a [cdb]grim picture indeed.
1. Thanks to the swift action of our rescuers, we were [cdb]able to free the abducted townsfolk.
2. However, there are still countless victims who [cdb]have lost their homes and families.
3. The bandits are targeting the most populous towns [cdb]here, and it appears the Alliance is dealing with the [cdb]same problem across the river in Ordelia land.
4. I can't give back what they lost. All I can do is give [cdb]them the time they need to heal and rebuild.
5. Yet perhaps the most vexing part is that Solon and the [cdb]others slithered out of our grasp again, and we barely [cdb]know more about them than when we started.
6. My apologies, Your Majesty. Their teleportation [cdb]magic is unlike the white magic we know, and as [cdb]yet cannot be disrupted or thwarted.
7. Additionally, a town such as this gives them far too [cdb]many places to hide.
8. I'm not blaming you, Hubert.
9. The guy didn't even seem fazed by us. What do [cdb]you think they're after?
10. The guy didn't even seem fazed by us. What do [cdb]you think they're after?
11. Nothing savory. That much is certain.
12. I've heard enough. Proceed as we discussed.
13. Make sure the survivors have everything they need [cdb]to carry on.