“They think we are working with the humans,” Rinakin said. “And now they’ve issued an ultimatum. Turn over the fugitives—” “Or they will very politely destroy us,” I said. “Which isn’t aggressive at all, I’m sure.” “They’ll justify it,” Rinakin said. They justified everything. And more than half of my people would parrot the justification as if it made sense, simply because the Superiority said it.
