Leyria’s head of state had been instrumental in starting that war and had acquired emergency powers to keep it going. Miri had to suppress the urge to shudder. Like Tremir, Jeral Dusep was a Blue. By the Eyes of Vengeance, it could be argued that he was primarily responsible for the party’s recent shift toward xenophobic rhetoric.
Multiple planets trying to destroy each other with starships? The very thought made her blood run cold. On her world, the automobile was a new invention. She could barely fathom the prospect of travelling among the stars, much less conducting a war across the span of lightyears. Though it all served to confirm one undeniable truth: no matter how civilized they thought they were, humans would always find an excuse to kill each other.
She had been given a cursory
