Astra & Tabaqui

Tabaqui to Astra

 * "You know, at the start I told Kalan that I didn't want to get close to any of you. I didn't want to deal with what I'm dealing with now. Trying to be a friend while being a leader... It's stressful to try finding a balance. But you know what I was told? To take small steps. Find one or two good friends, and then broaden my horizon. I believe you're already on a good path to that. But being rejected is hard. I actually thought it would be nice if we could become friends, you and I. But you see me as your mayor. And our political preferences may clash. And you know how I felt about that? Quite disappointed. It is painful when you want to form friendships but others misunderstand you or even dislike you. And I guess that is how you must feel about those whom you find to disagree with, too. ... I'm rambling on, but I'm just trying to say... One or two rejections don't have to mean you have to give up on trying to build those friendships. Maybe it just needs some communication."

Astra to Tabaqui

 * "Tabaqui, I will come straight. The struggle that we fail to see eye-to-eye is the gap of our cultures. You claim to be a parasite, so you have no religion, background, or society in which you grew up whatsoever. Thus, I found it was struggling to uphold a normal conversation without firing questions at you. I feel disconnected."