"So we are agreed."

"We are."

"And about our champions?"

"We are in agreement."

"Then let us go gather them."

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"The fools are going to do it."

"They have little choice."

"They are fools."

"No they are desperate, and what they do is dangerous...for both sides. You would do well to remember that."

"But things are going perfectly accordingly to plan."

"Yes, but this is a very difficult, very dangerous portion of the plan for us. Our hopes, as well as those of our adversaries, rest with the champions that our adversaries select."

"Is everything in preparation for the excursion?"

"It is."

"Shall we return to Access, to torture him to pass the time?"

"Yes."