Once the group had settled among the crowd, Lyra would begin speaking, her voice coming from the center of the crowd but not being visible. "Hello, brothers and sisters of the wolves. It has been many years since we lost our previous long fang to the venomous fangs, and two decades since our clan was slaughtered to all but dancing blade, again by the venomous fangs. Today, we stand the chance to pay them back for all the wrongs they did us." at this point, Lyra uncloaked, her hair changed back to its original red, her armor polished and a combi-staff in her left hand, and she looked into the center of the crowd.
"But we must not allow ourselves to fall into that path. They have hunted us, betrayed us, killed our own, and committed genocide on planets some of you call home to. But we can not fall to the level they reside in. That is why I must challenge their leader in single combat, to end this war once and for all. I know many of you have lost family in this war, and many of you have felt the bittersweet victory of pushing them off a world they made dead, knowing we were too late to save the inhabitants. But, I must remind you, of all else, how our clan was reforged after its greatest failure." At this Lyra approached the group, and nodded to them. "Dancing Blade was called to the great hunt, a call all who feel must answer. He served faithfully, and acted kindly. He helped his fellow hunters, aiding them in their difficult fights, even when he felt the weakness of his life and age in himself. And thanks to his bravery and sacrifice, he was able to build the clan anew. Some would have built the clans with murder in their heart, planning to avenge fallen family. Dancing Blade did no such thing. He taught his first ten disciples to love, to accept the death that we know must come, and taught us to defend our loved ones. No more, and no less. I will admit, after his death, I harbored hatred in my heart for the fangs and their cruelty. They took my father from me, so I wished to take from them again."
Lyra gestured again to the group, and said. "And then the great hunt called for me, and I answered. And their I met my allies, and they taught me to seek peace even when you feel hatred. And it was only then that I could acknowledge that my actions, while correct in protecting our brothers and sisters on Aurelia and on Nidhogg, were wrongly fueled. And now, I ask you brothers and sisters, that when the single combat is done, that you give the fangs peace. They may not deserve it, but we should give them a chance at it all the same."
Lyra took a breath, and said, with the first hesitation in the speech "That is why I am going to have no repercussions for their actions, their genocides. They committed wrong ,but that cannot be changed. We must simply accept it, and move along with it, remembering that they were speared on by evil. That is what i request from you, my fellow clansmen."
With that said, Lyra walked out of the room, leaving the crowd to consider her words.
