"At least you'd tried to say something at all." Cal couldn't disagree that there were better ways to warn a person, but Altair had still elected to say something.

"Sounds like the makings of a good ruler to me," he said, smiling slightly. Being compassionate for the people was important. "Unfortunately the same can't be said for the Empire I know. It only takes, and treats worlds and its people as nothing but resources."

It was still hard to believe that the Republic they'd worked so hard to protect had become something so warped.