I can still, at least a little. I have only recently come back to myself and Bai was gathering information and gossip all day on the day we showed up.

Anyhow, there are rumors going around that the summit is Suzuki is to decide which province will be supplying the shock troops for the similarly rumored invasion of some 'barbarian' land overseas by the Empire. It wouldn't be the first time the Bando Peninsula has been taken advantage for cannon fodder. We've--they've--generally been offered a generous cut of the plunder for the survivors, which is why being given the opportunity to die for the Empire that shuns us--them--is still reckoned as a prize.

The general consensus is that everyone hopes the issue can be solved at the summit, because otherwise there's a chance that it'll be solved by assassination and inter-provincial feuding.