From a personal emotional standpoint, Gawain considers Melita Ponia a friend and has a natural kindness and admiration for the splendid dragon civilization, but he cannot make decisions based solely on personal angles—as a ruler of an Empire, he must ensure that every wealth created by his citizens is used in the right place.
Now that Talronde is facing difficulties, although Melita Ponia and other envoys have not formally requested help, it is only a matter of time. Gawain can certainly provide assistance, but there must also be reciprocal returns behind the aid—political returns, technological returns, economic or resource returns, or even purely humanitarian returns. All these must be considered.
It was after considering all these aspects comprehensively that Gawain ultimately concluded that aiding Talronde at this time would be an investment with potentially incredible returns.
