[He is satisfied to know he has her attention. He knows she will not join him willingly. With her in his grasp now, it would not be so hard to make her serve him again. There had been plans for just that before everything had gone so wrong. But he had no desire to do so. She'd earned her place as second in command for many reasons, but she'd kept it for so long for reasons more than just ability.

He looked away and though his features were older than they'd ever been, there was traces of the boyish ambition that had once made him exceptional and eventually led to his downfall.]

The conflict between the Seelie and the Unseelie is a petty and endless conflict. All that matters is that one side must win. Once the conflict has ended, the way home shall be opened to us. We will return wiser, stronger, and empowered to rectify what has went wrong. This War of the Shards is inevitable, Nabooru. You should choose the winning side now, before it is too late.