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Yeah, Skoll was probably right. Merrick would probably never let them get out of this without fighting. Perhaps his was wishful thinking, but he did hope that one of these days they might be able to live without fear of war. 

"That sounds like a good strategy," he mused, visibly thinking it over. "But don't you think that it might be best to at least attempt to make some kind of peace before?" Maybe he wasn't the only one who had thought that there could be a mutual agreement to leave each other alone?