[ Sandry listens carefully, taking a bite of her sandwich and a sip of tea. It sounds... honestly kind of terrible to her. Emelan has been at peace for so long now. Sure they have the army and the navy and contend with bandits and pirates, but there's been no true war in many lifetimes. ]

I'm sorry to hear that there's so much fighting. Emelan has bandits and pirates but there's been no war near us for many generations. Yanjing in the east is at war with its neighbors, but that's quite far away. I hope your lands are able to see lasting peace soon.