I’ve asked the diplomat to argue against stopping the culling, using some rather good reasons. I’ve… had to caution him against arguing that the kelpies are a risk to the entirety of Aquestria, rather, getting him to point out that stopping the culling permanently will mean that the kelpie population will slowly grow to beyond the sustainable point.
Okay, that’s not quite true. We know that eventually the kelpies will grow beyond the point of sustainability, but at the moment, it’s very difficult to imagine they’ll devour all life in the ocean anytime soon.
The plan though, is to get the kelpie diplomat to point this out, and at that point, we will concede the point and then lift the culling, in return for the not attacking any more Aquestrian assets.
We won’t release any kelpie fry in our possession, that would be too great of a concession and they would think us weak, or suspect us. But we will stop collecting them.