"…Your reasoning is very compelling, as expected, but do you think it is wise to steal technology from the dark elves?" she raised an eyebrow. "More than even the flora network, we need allies, do we not? Do you want to jeopardize a relationship with them just for a single technology, even if it is very powerful?"
Rui huffed, shaking his head. "That is a naive take, Ecologer. If you think that they aren't trying to steal our technology, then you don't know anything about geopolitics. What do you think they were trying to do when they connected with our flora root network? They were looking for information on us. This is how the game of geopolitics is played. If you are taken advantage of, you have only yourself to blame. I have deliberated was the the leaders of the elves, and I can assure you that they are not naive angels who don't understand this dynamic. We are friendly as a whole in the big picture, but we fundamentally do what is in our own interests."
