"Of course not." Kebechet shakes their head. "I have spared you what was done to me. The previous Kebechet would have been much crueler. I made my choice long ago. I have seen the Peace, Noctis."

They turn, then, as though realizing something. "This is not theory. This is fact. There are many Peaceful territories, a fact your rebellious colonies like to forget and obscure."