[These are all things that 76 has been pouring over since arriving here. He knows it’s in the Regency’s interest to lie to them and sow dissent, but if they really are bound to something that prevents them from killing ancestors or even fellow time travelers, it raises some uncomfortable possibilities about Xici.
76 still isn’t sure who’s telling the truth. All he can do is keep in mind that the Regency will go to any lengths to secure their peace, even if it makes them hypocrites.]
Grothia told me about the first time the Regency wiped out a bloodline to secure power. It was so devastating that they instituted the rule that they’d never do it again.
[An illusion of benevolence, maybe. An empty promise made emptier by the knowledge of what happened and the possibility the Regency could choose to break it at any time with no consequence.]
I don’t think they care about holding up that end of the bargain, but if they were telling the truth, maybe COST killed Xici.
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76 still isn’t sure who’s telling the truth. All he can do is keep in mind that the Regency will go to any lengths to secure their peace, even if it makes them hypocrites.]
Grothia told me about the first time the Regency wiped out a bloodline to secure power. It was so devastating that they instituted the rule that they’d never do it again.
[An illusion of benevolence, maybe. An empty promise made emptier by the knowledge of what happened and the possibility the Regency could choose to break it at any time with no consequence.]
I don’t think they care about holding up that end of the bargain, but if they were telling the truth, maybe COST killed Xici.