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So let’s start again. Without the lies, this time.” “Alright,” I lie. “Good.
“Religion’s mandate clearly encompasses education, and the Academy is their crown jewel. Military demanding access would be like Religion demanding control of the Seventh Legion. It’s simply not done.”
Challenging that boundary—making any move on another pyramid’s authority within the Senate—would be an ugly precedent.
“No, it’s not. Conviction is admirable, but it can only take a man so far.” He leans forward. “So what I want to know, Vis, is what are you punishing yourself for?”
“They are mostly convicted criminals, Vis. Birthright doesn’t technically even apply to them.”
“They were Hierarchy. They were our enemies long before they were attacked,” says Sedotia quietly. “They were innocent.” “Innocent?”
“Then they were participants and by definition, shared guilt.”
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Victims can still be enemies.”
These people are my enemies. The Octavii here did choose their side. That they didn’t expect there to be consequences is their failure, not anyone else’s.
The power to protect is the highest of responsibilities, Diago. When a man is given it, his duty is not only to the people he thinks are worthy.
We’re not monsters.”
“Silence is a statement, Diago. Inaction picks a side. And when those lead to personal benefit, they are complicity.”
I still feel its accusation.
“There comes a point in every man’s life where he can rail against the unfairness of the world until he loses, or he can do his best in it. Remain a victim, or become a survivor.”
The Republic rewards people who take, not who deserve.”
In trying to become God, they created Him.
“You want to remove the Princeps? The senators? You’ll just become them, sooner or later. If all you’re trying to do is change who’s in control, then you don’t really want to change anything.”
LUCEUM. OBITEUM. RES. REMEMBER, BUT DO NOT MOURN.
“I was known as Artemius Sel. I was a traitor to the commandment of isolation. I attempted to gain synchronism and remove the seal to Obiteum during the rebellion of the seventh era after the Rending. I have thus been lawfully condemned to servitude, guiding those who come after.”
“Obiteum and Luceum—they’re places? Where are they?” No response. “What is synchronism?” No response.
“I was known as Elia Veranius. I was a traitor to the commandment of isolation. I attempted to gain synchronism and remove the seal to Obiteum during the eleventh era after the Rending. I have thus been lawfully condemned to servitude, guiding those who come after.”
Obiteum and Luceum are. Or what synchronism is, or the Rending, or the commandment of isolation.
I have no idea what these words means but I am intrigued
“Who died?” I ask lightly as I sit, cocking an eyebrow at the rest of the room. “Feriun.” Callidus nods sagely as he watches my reaction. “That’s right. You’re a terrible person.”
Callidus my comedic king
The decision may have been made by the few, Diago, but it’s the Will of the many that killed your family.”
“Violence is no answer to grief,”
“What are you doing?” Belli mumbles, maintaining a façade of calm. She moves again, giving me an out. I don’t take it. “Showing you what consequences look like.”
KILL HER VIS
