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“Cijan, you are the wisest among who remain from the times before the mask. What do you think about the Esaal's attack, honestly?”
<span class="mu-b">”It may be... stupid, my lord.”</span>
“I have never known you to say something stupid. Then this will be illuminating- about the Esaal, or about yourself. Speak.”
<span class="mu-b">”I believe that the Esaal... may only be getting back at me. At my actions during the Grand Crusade. The Esaal have an honor culture. I bombed many of their civilians; though such information is obfuscated from the Jaxtian public, you know the truth already I am sure. This is an <span class="mu-i">eye for an eye</span>, as it were.”</span>
“The Esaal do not believe in civilians. Neither do we.”
<span class="mu-b">”I submit to your truth, my Lord. All I am saying is my actions were not exactly honorable in their eyes. In some ways, I did escalate our conflict, though I did not violate the now centuries-old NAP we had established with them. It is a shame that this escalates it yet again...”</span>
“They have struck a Hegemony core world. They violated the NAP- you did so in neutral space. Of course it is an escalation!”
<span class="mu-b">”All I am saying is, my Lord, I do not think that <span class="mu-i">necessarily</span> means the Esaal are at war with us. Ultimately, your judgment reigns Supreme, but just know that if the Esaal wanted to fully invade us, they would have brought a fleet. This may be the end of their aggression- for now.”</span>
The main issue with the attack then would be the appearances of things- among your own people. When you didn't <span class="mu-i">immediately</span> launch a counterattack in retribution, you were worried the people of the Hegemony may view you as weak. But that's not what you're seeing on the social networks...
