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Who: Leto and You
Broadcast: Text
Action: SS Blameless
When: Now

Since the Atroma so kindly plagiarized my last game, which in turn makes me wonder how much of the broadcasts they actually pay attention to, I thought I'd offer something new.

What can't you live without? And what do you have that you would give up for it?

Or alternatively: Your favourite fantasy with the Atroma. If you must be graphic about it, do be tasteful.

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Is that family though? Or family pride coming first?

For some mayhaps-- but for others family loyalty is everything.

I wonder how much that loyalty costs the family in turn.

The war was justified, but it did not end in their favor. From what I hear.

There's no such thing as a justified war. Just men who need justification for bloodshed.

Wars are all too common where I am from. Our history is littered with them. I suppose life continues after.

But I can understand a war for family-- when it becomes personal to you.

Perhaps.

But that assumes other people do not have families too. And when the mist clears, everyone loses them.

As you said. Life goes on.

And if those who have killed your family, if they would kill others? Have killed others?

--It's that realization that is unsettling. I suppose it is a product of this place though-- learning of things you would not have the chance back home.

I've let those who have killed my family live. Why must I make them suffer the same pain I have?

Would that vindicate my family? Or damn them for thinking so less of life itself? After all, I would only prove myself a killer.

But yours is a violent world.

[ So is Leto's, technically. Game of Thrones in space, after all. ]

You are wise then. All wars have done for my people is tear families apart and decimate lands. Even the old wars with the First Men.

And yet, there always seems to be those who seek more power and are willing to do anything for it. There seems to be an even greater evil. What do you to stop it except fight?

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There are other ways to end the cycle. But it starts with one. The choices made affect us all.

[She's quiet for a few minutes, contemplating what he means.]

What if you just want to protect those you love, those who cannot fight?

Make no mistake. I do not fault those who seek to protect against the tide. But it is still a trap we find ourselves in and it changes nothing except the endless need to fight and fight again.

I think it would depend on strategy. If they even know who you are.

[All out war is different, she would imagine. A true battle is different than a hunt, but she's been trained in more guerrilla war fare tactics.]

The truth comes out eventually. Who is to say your descendant won't pay for it later?

[ That is how feuds are born after all. ]

I think that would happen regardless. Even inaction is a choice.

Of course. But we pay for the sins of our ancestors. How long must we continue to pay?

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