“you know, when I took this job, I thought ‘hey, the benefits are good, the career trajectory is solid, and if I end up committing war crimes, well, I guess that’s a bonus’. but now I’m here. now I’m here and I’m committing the crimes and I have be honest, captain, I enjoy it. I like the evil. it’s thoughtless, and in this way, it feels natural. there’s no naggering voices. there’s no pangs in my lobes. it’s just action. clean. simple.”

“If I could just — “

“no, captain, you can’t ‘just’. it’s over, you lost. you know what the best part about this is? I don’t have to think. that’s why it was an easy choice for me. it felt natural. it felt like there wasn’t even a choice to make. it just happened. that’s why it’s natural. there’s no thought. and that’s the problem with your way of life. it’s all ‘well, what about this?’ and ‘what about that?’. you can’t see these choices have already been made by the QERDIS staring us down from the future, slithering through time to meet us at The Moment. it’s over. you lost. Yoduhka. Jurbul. Baihitomor. Orren. these are the names I answer to now, not you. not the High Command. not the Council of Opard. not Chelby himself.”