[ZanderX]

Perhaps we were once not independent, but I am not so foolhardy and weak as to be pushed around as previous Monarchs.

We have been raided before. Our castle has been destroyed before. We've rebuilt, and we'll do it again. You do not intimidate me, or my people.

I guarantee you...our "isolation" will be a successful one. Should you or the Bomborians decide to knock at the Dustari doorstep, we will be ready and waiting.

Independence is something taken, not a gift. And Dustari will take its independence.