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// Entry 137: Samudra's Fateful Decision 
// Story: Samudra's Journal 
// by vren55 
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I… I’ve made my decision.

I cannot allow the possibility that any being even related to Yoth-Atal might exist. Tethys and all her kelpies must die, or if I fail, I and the seaponies and deep ponies must do all that I can to inflict as much damage to the kelpie race as possible. 

This… this is a… this has been an impossible decision, but I can still recall the damage Shi-Nihalar did to the old… long-lost Western Aquestrian seas. I can remember the flight of so many of my subjects because we could not afford for Shi-Nihalar to get free. 

And I cannot forget how dangerous the kelpies have shown themselves to be. I need to kill them all while I still have a position of strength. Already that advantage has been slipping. Now though, when they suspect, but don’t know if we will attack, I can deal a decisive blow against them.

The plan will be simple, we will mobilize as many forces as possible at all the abysses and along the routes the kelpies are taking to the surface. On my signal to my deep pony mages, we will launch a multi-pronged assault across all fronts. To prevent and ensure all the forces don’t compromise one another, every commander will be compartmentalized, the kelpies might suspect, but they’ll have no idea how large the assault will be. I will personally lead an attack to occupy Tethys, in order to try to capture her and prevent her from reviving.

In one swift blow, we’ll wipe them from the depths of the ocean and disable their leader. All we’ll have to do then is to keep killing the young.