The aftermath of the battle at Bexley was a massacre. Looting and pillaging have been going on since they managed to breach the walls with little to no order and none of the commanders has been able to put a stop to it. The worst offenders are going to be executed, and the rest will be punished in other ways, but they might not be able to rein in the chaos before the city is completely levelled.

This is already causing some issues. Mest is throwing a fit, a couple important scholars died in the fighting and he’s now getting some flak for it. Apparently, his funding is at risk or something like that, the politics behind it are rather boring.

I get why it happened, I’m bitter about the destruction too, but these guys need to calm down. I don’t know enough about warfare and politics to give a concrete reason why but based off of what’s happening with Mest right now levelling cities will only hurt us in both the long term and short term. I might have to do something about this personally, but I honestly have no idea what I could do.

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Other than that disaster I spent quite a bit of time thinking about my life. And, aside from a couple hang-ups, it’s been pretty great recently. My relationship with Talus is back where it should be, and while Tiddol is busier than she used to be with her new children I still hang out and have fun with my best friend often enough. I wouldn’t quite say I’m friends with Mest, though I am, it just doesn't feel quite right, at the very least I respect him and I hope he respects me as well. Thes is an interesting challenge. I want to get to know Willow better but we don’t really have much in common and I don’t really know how to approach her.

Anyway, Good Night Diary.