[ If there's one thing they can both agree on, it's that the imps are a group of little fuckers. Maybe it's because of his obvious distaste for them that they continue to harass them, and he keeps on kicking them around. It's a vicious cycle.

Imps aside, though. He pauses in thought, briefly, before beginning. ]

That's more or less it. The monarchs consider us 'special' because we've got shards—you're gonna get called shardbearer a lot. [ Practically every day. ] They hold a certain power that both courts are after so they can win this war.