That happens, sometimes. People fighting for control, killing each other to get it. Those who can't afford protection are crushed underfoot.
[She drinks her coffee, mostly for something to focus on.]
The Emperor promised unity, an end to the all the wars. He would bring order to places without it. No one would starve or be forced to sell their children into slavery.
[She thins her mouth.]
But control must be taken, of course, and it must be kept. Our loyalty must be absolute or we would be a threat to what the Empire stood for. The instructors made that clear on the first day. They shot one of the other cadets in front of us. She was weak. She didn't believe and so she had to go.
no subject
[She drinks her coffee, mostly for something to focus on.]
The Emperor promised unity, an end to the all the wars. He would bring order to places without it. No one would starve or be forced to sell their children into slavery.
[She thins her mouth.]
But control must be taken, of course, and it must be kept. Our loyalty must be absolute or we would be a threat to what the Empire stood for. The instructors made that clear on the first day. They shot one of the other cadets in front of us. She was weak. She didn't believe and so she had to go.
An abject lesson. Of course it stuck.