Although it is Gu Yun's natural inclination to stay out of politics, he does strongly oppose a military solution for a wide variety of reasons, chief of which is that Avalon was once, in its entirely, the land of the Fae. In addition to being a bad idea strategically, an unprovoked attack on Celliwig is immoral.

So he's here at the bug-catching contest mainly to see who else shares his point of view, and let his qilin stretch its legs, bounding about the flower fields with its golden scales flashing.

"..."

This is... a teenage boy shying away from a frog? What kind of sheltered existence did he live in before? This kid has certainly insufficiently misspent his youth!

Gu Yun approaches in a leisurely fashion, his hands hidden in his wide sleeves, and asks with a smile, "Need a hand, there?"