[Though clearly the Regency thinks them not completely culpable for their supposed crimes; that was what he gleaned from their imprisonment, at least.
He smiles at her a little wanly. He doesn't agree, naturally, but... he feels as though attempting to understand this dispute so they can find another route of achieving peace might not be possible here. The odds were too set against them, the goals and methods too obfuscated and confusing. They knew only what COST told them and could only do as much as they were commanded. It was restrictive, and it didn't offer them much ability to either mediate or wage all-out war.]
I will admit that, upon first hearing their goals, I thought them admirable. But how they go about it completely defeats the point. If mankind cannot choose for itself to be better and to strive for a peaceful path, then that peace is a false one, and it will break eventually.
[It would be best if they broke their efforts to set it up so it never got the chance.]
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[Though clearly the Regency thinks them not completely culpable for their supposed crimes; that was what he gleaned from their imprisonment, at least.
He smiles at her a little wanly. He doesn't agree, naturally, but... he feels as though attempting to understand this dispute so they can find another route of achieving peace might not be possible here. The odds were too set against them, the goals and methods too obfuscated and confusing. They knew only what COST told them and could only do as much as they were commanded. It was restrictive, and it didn't offer them much ability to either mediate or wage all-out war.]
I will admit that, upon first hearing their goals, I thought them admirable. But how they go about it completely defeats the point. If mankind cannot choose for itself to be better and to strive for a peaceful path, then that peace is a false one, and it will break eventually.
[It would be best if they broke their efforts to set it up so it never got the chance.]