jolliest bunch of assholes this side of the nuthouse [raid meeting]

Ashmedai didn't really care WHO they raided as long as he got to go along. It would be good to see his successor in action and it would be good to have a nice family-bonding raid before Sparrow went off with her pirates and Ash had to decide whether to retire in his homelands with Fireside or join her for a season or two more. Hell, this might be his last raid altogether. He wasn't really willing to think about it, and much less likely to show it, but he was getting older and one of these days, his body was bound to fail him unless the gods somehow proved to be real and decided for some reason to keep him alive longer. Ashmedai lazily stretched, the depth of his thoughts well hidden with his lopsided smile, "I'll go with ya. Might help to get the blood pumping for a bit."