"…How are the other fronts against them faring?" Renara asked with visible difficulty, her voice laced with concern after a prolonged, heavy silence.
Darmik responded, his tone laced with both frustration and warning. "What was once a widespread conflict across twenty-two battleground planets—thirteen under our control, nine under theirs—has now narrowed dramatically. We've been forced back. The war has shrunk… and it now rages on only five planets, Your Majesty. And every single one of those planets belongs to us."
