After Celeste's change of the conversation's course, things went from being an interrogation to being much more collaborative. In fact, although there were still plenty of tensions present between the different parties present, the speed in which they changed gears and managed to work together was actually quite remarkable. Of course, it certainly didn't hurt to have a literal empress there to make sure everyone behaved while also leading the conversation.
"Alright, so now that we know how much Lukresh knows, I can safely start sharing what I myself know, though I want it to be understood that I'm certainly missing information too. Although my information network is very comprehensive, I still lacked a huge amount of intel on what was going on in the Lukresh Grand Duchy. As for the rest of the Kallisto Empire…