[The Empress' hands tighten on her trident, and her face fins flutter with the effort it takes to keep from shaking with anger. She can't keep it out of her voice, though.]
Why would I lie about something like this? You were fighting with me. I - everyone was. It's how we found the gates in the first place.
They let us think we had won. Everyone who wanted to go home would. There would be safe harbor here for those of us - the ones like myself, who don't have a place they can go back to. I die in my home world, permanently. I'm not the only one.
So I took a title, a crown, and a duty - this place would be safe. Those of us who had nowhere to go could stay, and anyone who threatened them would have Her Imperial Consideration to protect them.
I wasn't strong enough to stop the counterattack that was triggered the moment I tried to open those gates home, for those that wanted to go. It was all I could do to get everyone else out. They bring others here and leave this place untouched to remind me.
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Why would I lie about something like this? You were fighting with me. I - everyone was. It's how we found the gates in the first place.
They let us think we had won. Everyone who wanted to go home would. There would be safe harbor here for those of us - the ones like myself, who don't have a place they can go back to. I die in my home world, permanently. I'm not the only one.
So I took a title, a crown, and a duty - this place would be safe. Those of us who had nowhere to go could stay, and anyone who threatened them would have Her Imperial Consideration to protect them.
I wasn't strong enough to stop the counterattack that was triggered the moment I tried to open those gates home, for those that wanted to go. It was all I could do to get everyone else out. They bring others here and leave this place untouched to remind me.