Xervan didn’t put any blame on me, simply continued on with his story. “It was because of the rogue faction of elves—those who tried to assassinate several of us—and who, in the case of one of my brothers, succeeded—that many of these criminals are out in the Cosmic Realms causing havoc. One of those elves invented an artifact that could reverse the effects of the magic we use to rehabilitate criminals into acceptable members of society. Their new personalities were torn away, reviving the old ones. We hadn’t thought this possible and were caught unprepared.”
So that was why Xervan—or his mother—felt personally responsible for collecting the criminals. This had happened on their watch.
“I hadn’t realized those elves were still a problem for your people. From what you said before, it soun
