Lalder says “I will invite Bill back, but you may need to do it yourself. I doubt he would come at just my request. Yagogi’al the Og’ab, I offically ask for your help in this. Though I do ask for all involved to remember context and hindsight.”
Lalder will send a messenger with the message requesting Bills Presence, also noting Yagog’al the Og’ab’s request and presense.
(OCC the next part can wait until Bill comes back if he decides too, might be eaiser to keep it on one thread)
Lalder continues "Everyone seems hooked on this idea that the Ur Rhug from Unen that were taken prisoners were slaves. And my involvement in that. This is my point of view on them. And I should note that 10 of them chose to follow Tor’ab to this day.
First, these gogs are the ones who abandoned the gogs they were fighting along. Deserters. Through their choices, whether standard in Brez fashion or not, many gogs died, some for good. Next, they followed a gog who orbitally bombarded my tribe and those of Tla’loc’al. Unen was within our right of self defense as we were attacked first. I did not start those battles. Next, since they were prisoners of war, and we didn’t know what to do with them as we didn’t know if they would attack us again, I agreed that Kolgol could hold them.
And in Kolgol’s defence, none of them where hurt, they were basicly made to work hard. Then returned to Mag Buskt. It Took a few weeks all said and done. In the long run I hope they appreciate how hard some gogs work to survive.
As for my actions with them. I saw them fleeing Unen with Kolgol’s gogs. From that point on, Mag Buskt took me and 3 others with him to Jamesville only arriving after it was destroyed. During this time, we talked. I said I would make sure the Ur Rhug were returned as Mag Buskt said he would not attack us again. And the first thing I did when I got back was to do that.
These actions out of context or with hindsight, I can see issues with. But its always easy to second guess after things have happen. Keep in mind what we knew and the orbital bombardment that just happened. The only other options were to let them go and chance them attacking again, or slaughter them all. Which do you choose after being attacked?"