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The sad thing- you think the old man is right.
There is no direct choice or line of consequence that lead to this moment. Nothing Cijan did can be blamed for this directly- it's a rot that set in long ago. Possibly before Talacent, maybe even before Vantix Garastra... The Hegemony has forgotten obedience. The people see the Hegemony as a government to lead their self interest- to be twisted and bent to their right economic output or to bolster their national and racial pride. The old tailor had a point there- there is something deeply wrong with it. Splitting power and decision among different Overseers, competing racial identities and groups- as a blonde, even you are guilty of this. You are an outsider to the Mainlanders, but still supposed to be one and the same with them.
You're still young, and somewhat still finding yourself. What you should <span class="mu-i">be</span>. But you chose this robe based on what kind of ruler the Hegemony needs. Kinja, the first war-supreme against alien aggressors, and Agori, the iron-fisted who cracked down on dissidents in the empire- HIS empire. This is what you want to channel, and to this, there is one more secret weapon you have.
You have called for it. It's from the deepest depths of storage- so old that no AI uplink exists. Probably for the best- the Basilisk couldn't ruin it. There are only two legitimate reasons for this to ever be brought into the light again- if the Hegemony is struck by a nuclear weapon, or if the Hegemony forgets obedience. You think the second case applies here...
