Valdis cocked her head. Idealism was filled with folly, the world was too dark a place for such optimism, but she could appreciate it nonetheless. Though in this case no amount of strength could back up Wan's idealism and Raine seemed to agree. Valdis narrowed her eyes when Raine spoke again, seemingly asking for the same thing.

"You are not the first one to ask this of me." She replied, "But as I have placed the same burden on you, then I cannot refuse. But now that we have agreed to such a thing, can we turn our minds to the issue at hand? You know more about what I saw than I do. Can you explain what you know?"