After provoking DawnCicada, Rita and SmokeTune, though in different rooms, both simultaneously turned off the battlefield chat channel.
SmokeTune, feeling no real hope, thought to herself, "This is all for the Vineborne. I hope Cicada can understand."
She couldn't even begin to explain; in her deal with BS Rita, aside from the condition that she had to unconditionally side with Rita whenever BS Rita and DawnCicada quarreled, there was also the rule that she couldn't tell DawnCicada about the deal.
Unlike SmokeTune's sense of melancholy and guilt, Rita's mood after shutting down the battlefield chat was rather delightful. She didn't even have to think about it—DawnCicada, with the world on the verge of collapse, still complaining about why the gods didn't favor her Vineborne. Rita could only imagine how furious she must be now.
Nivalis and B80, who were silently observing, exchanged glances.
