The Defense of Sorallus, Pt 1

“Am I actually hearing what I’m hearing?” Lucifer said with incredulity. “Better them than us, huh? How ruthless of you.”

“Well, it’s like you sometimes say,” Freya replied, “that’s just how we have to be.”

“That might be true, sure. But I’m also not always right.”

This time it was Freya’s turn to raise an eyebrow.

“Hold on, is that humility coming from your lips?” she asked, a hint of suspicion in her voice.

But Lucifer balked slightly. Being called humble was something ze didn’t enjoy. At all.

“Practicality is more like it,” ze replied quickly. “No-one’s right 100% of the time. Besides, I’m not into leading fights from the rear. I like shoving my fist at every oppressor in range.

“More importantly, if this region actually becomes independent, then it would create a massive buffer zone between the Federation and the Hegemony.”

“What, and you think that won’t stop them from fighting over it?”