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"Wait! Stop this madness! Perhaps we can talk!"
The female T'au Water Caste diplomat composed herself and put on a non-threatening expression as she said:
"My name is Shan Shui, a T'au Water Caste diplomat.
"We came to Water Blue Star for no other purpose than to trade with the Imperium's citizens.
"Inquisitor, there is no need for you to get so worked up. We are not your enemies!
"Besides, there are a full fifty million humans around my current location!
"You would not needlessly turn fifty million of your own citizens to ashes just to kill one alien, would you?"
Inquisitor Thraxol ignored the Water Caste diplomat and looked toward Li Qinwu.
"What the T'au love doing most is undermining the Imperium's rule from the ground up.
"They simply do not understand how much the Imperium has sacrificed to stand against the powerful enemies scattered across the stars!
"To preserve humanity's ember and ensure its continuation, those sacrifices have been apportioned by the Imperium onto every single person!
"And then these damned Xenos!!"
Inquisitor Thraxol's finger nearly jabbed into the holographic projector, into the face of the T'au diplomat Shan Shui.
"These damned Xenos! They bring their so-called fine food and their so-called comfortable way of life, sneak into the Imperium's territory, descend to the lowest levels, package those things as tempting sweets, and stuff them into the hands of Imperial citizens!
"They tell the Imperium's citizens that they should not have to endure their present suffering, that they should not live such neither-human-nor-ghost lives. Join the Greater Good, they say. They deserve to live like people!
"But don't I fucking know that people deserve to live like people!!!"
Inquisitor Thraxol suddenly roared. His voice thundered through the entire bridge, and