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You have decided to use the last remaining charge of the life machine to...turn a Hazaar into a Jaxtian.
It's strange, especially given how you treated the Blue-Hazaars earlier during your reign. But in a way, it makes sense. Bluey is the Ruler of the HVS, essentially the <span class="mu-i">Supreme Ruler</span> of your closest neighboring political entity. To put a Jaxtian in charge would broadcast to the world, “this is ours too!”.
Though it will set a strange precedent. Bluey has been loyal to the Hegemony and the Supreme Ruler for many Jaxtian lifetimes now. He helped crack down on dissidents and even helped turn in many of his own people on Xin who tried to put in special requests to flee. Only the original group of Mercantiles, banishing themselves under Kima's flower of peace, were allowed to go into the HVS willingly. The rest? They were Hegemony subjects. Whatever you, and the mask, wanted to do to them was fair game. Bluey's never questioned any orders of that nature, at all. This is a reward for loyalty.
You want to make sure this is done right, so you have to invite Tetak Kallas, disgraced by the previous Supreme, but now a powerful Star Seer, in order to work the machine. Bluey travels all the way from the HVS to your invitation.
<span class="mu-b">”I mean... is it really true? Can it really do this?”</span>
“It can, and we will. We would like Jaxtian blood to rule the HVS, and there is no better candidate to test the machines transformative properties. If, of course, you are willing to take the risks.”
<span class="mu-b">”Yes! Yes! Please get me out of this body forever!”</span>
“Even though it could reduce your maximum lifespan? For a Hazaar, turning into a Jaxtian is like catching a terminal illness.”
<span class="mu-b">”I do not know how much longer I would live anyway. My ganglions are heavy. I do not wish for a knife between my legs any more. Please, change me!”</span>
“Step inside the machine, and we shall.”
