I fear, Brother, that Your own lies blind You to the truth of others. It
is clever how You incorporate some truth in with You artifice, to lend
it some credibility, and truly, You are the Master of Artifice.

However, Chakrasul has never been a Goddess of Stagnation. With that one
word, You seek to completely discredit My motives, but it will not hold.

My motives are as I have stated. They are as I have always said. It is
unfortunate that You are unaware of the assistance I've tried to offer
Ashtan in the past, but that's not My concern.

Ashtan does indeed fight valiantly, it ever has, when its status quo was
threatened. I am simply not duped into thinking it really means
anything. It never has in the past, and if they succeed, they will sink
into the same mire they have always sunk into.

I see no reason to avoid lending My full support to this endeavor, nor
to hold anything back now that We are moving. I may make My plans
quietly as a slow river cutting its way through the rocks in order that
they have the best chance of success, but there is no longer a need for
secrecy, and I am now open, decisive, and as unsubtle as whitewater
rapids.

People of the realm, I am not a Trickster, nor am I a Lady of Artifice.
Neither am I a fool. Only a fool would have planned such an action
openly, but now that it is all in motion, I have nothing to hide. The
Force of Change will not be denied, and it is folly to not heed the many
opportunities when they are presented.

Penned by my hand on the 17th of Midautumn, in the year 122 MA.