[76 has a small chuckle to himself about that—the Regency seems particularly fond of that one. Still, Ashitaka makes a salient point. It would have been easy to kill the captured recruits, but instead they dragged out the hostage situation, perhaps to extract information, perhaps to bait the rest of their cell to stage a rescue. He finds himself understanding Grothia a little better. She could look the other way if someone launched a rescue operation, but she wouldn’t mobilize the whole cell herself. The amount of loss would be more than they could bear, given their numbers and resources.
That still begs to question, however, what the Regency even aims to do with them, given the opportunity.]
I’m sure we’d be pretty useful if they scrambled our brains enough.
[That said, turning under-equipped, under-trained soldiers against each other is a legitimate strategy in itself. There’s something to be said for psychological warfare.]
Or maybe they’re trying not to look like hypocrites. Can’t be for universal peace if your first order of business is to kill people.
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[76 has a small chuckle to himself about that—the Regency seems particularly fond of that one. Still, Ashitaka makes a salient point. It would have been easy to kill the captured recruits, but instead they dragged out the hostage situation, perhaps to extract information, perhaps to bait the rest of their cell to stage a rescue. He finds himself understanding Grothia a little better. She could look the other way if someone launched a rescue operation, but she wouldn’t mobilize the whole cell herself. The amount of loss would be more than they could bear, given their numbers and resources.
That still begs to question, however, what the Regency even aims to do with them, given the opportunity.]
I’m sure we’d be pretty useful if they scrambled our brains enough.
[That said, turning under-equipped, under-trained soldiers against each other is a legitimate strategy in itself. There’s something to be said for psychological warfare.]
Or maybe they’re trying not to look like hypocrites. Can’t be for universal peace if your first order of business is to kill people.