We’ve decided to leave the city until the games. Vallus and Kyrah have argued that we’d be in danger from our competitors. Especially those representing Themis and Praxis. Or, to be more specific, the organisations that stand behind them - the Order of Sydon or the Temple of Lutheria. The players are bound by oath to behave, their associates are most definitely not. Who ever set these rules didn’t quite consider the wickedness of mortals… and titans.
But all that is assuming our competitors see us as a danger to begin with. The not so subtle threat Palopia made suggest so, though I do worry that this will be their attitude to all the other competitors. I, for one, don’t feel like I can even hold a candle to some of these athletes. Many years of competitions at the temple have taught me humility in these things, the hard way. I’ve never been any good at athletics and, maybe because of that, I have learned that the best way to avoid disappointment is to not try. However, when it comes to the Game it’s not really a choice. We owe it to the gods for the power they used up to stop the storm…
I am glad though that we are leaving the city. I am slightly apprehensive about how safe the other competitors, Corrina and her friends especially, may be if the Order cannot take it’s anger out on us. Maybe the Cult of the Snake, Moxena to be more precise, can keep an eye out. But I am glad to be away. I did not expect the Aresian delegation to be led by Master Taureus. I did not expect his kind words. I do not know what to make of it all. I’ve had to face more of my past in the last 3 days than in the last decade and I am… overwhelmed. So I’ll fall back on an old, bad habit: avoidance.