"It is an eternal balancing act. One with no true solution, only approaches and suggestions. For me, there is no balance during this mission, if only because of the constant reminder that well...being eaten is far more worrisome than simply dying, I feel. The act itself is universal, and so it's harder to shrug off than an act that has many different iterations."

It was a gruesome detail to mention, but it was one that had been on Chiron's mind. There was no denying that fact, not around Dany. There was a little sound from Chiron, almost a low laugh in spite of himself for revealing that detail. The look he offered was an apology if his statement was too morbid.

Conquests, mostly, as I understand it. My own home was very far from their part of Greece.