Thread:Zillafire101/@comment-5496489-20151108071955/@comment-25309944-20160311231151

Speaking of which, I was hoping to get the ball rolling on the Covenant of Mirus to see where it would lead. As we discussed, France is going to ceremonously and conspicuously hand off leadership of the Covenant of Mirus to the Waptoria. It's the only way the talks can happen in good faith and lead to any form of result.

This means that Raptoreana, not Paris, will occupy a central position during negotiations, acting as a mediator between France (representing Xonexi writ large given its agreements with the DI, the TIAF, and Eldarisia) and its Mirusian interlocutors. It will determine framework and procedure, and in so doing, make determinations about what consists the acceptable "middle ground" between Xonexi and Mirus. It is a position of great power, given that all of the participants look to you for leadership, but also of great responsibility, given that you are restricted in your positions. You need to genuinely represent the middle ground, which gives you far less latitude to maneuver than if you were a regular participant. Stray too far from the middle ground, and one party will walk out.

So how do you want to go about this?