Luna once again looked tired and asked, “Is there any way I can convince any of you three to not fight in the upcoming wars?”
Matt flinched hard enough that he felt Aster respond. It was like a boulder had been thrown into his own turbulent thoughts.
Liz slowly said, “I wanted to say that I wouldn’t, but as the thought settled, I rejected it. If there is going to be a war where The Empire was being attacked because other Great Powers were jealous, I can’t sit by and do nothing. What good is strength if not used to protect what I value? The Empire is my home. So how can I let others risk themselves and do nothing myself? No, I can’t do that.”
Liz was noble, but that wasn’t where Matt’s thoughts had gone.
Luna just sighed. “These wars last for, at minimum, decades, and usually drag on fo
