Seeing that Azem is not taking advantage of their present circumstances, he settles himself and clears his throat. Thank goodness because that may taint the memory he shows them.

"Alright." He reaches up, gently turns their head towards his so their foreheads can rest against one another. "This is a memory of a desert land and two kingdoms which fought over its sparse resources..."

Using the power of what has come to be known as the Echo, Hades shows his old friend a vision of Thanalan in the days of the Ul'dahn and Si'dihn empires. The days before the two sister cities were in open conflict.

Heat waves rise visibly off the dunes. 'Hades' treks as part of a longer merchant convoy making its way to do trade with Sil'dih. Even with tensions building between the two, it has not yet exploded into outright conflict. Hades hopes to change that.