User blog comment:GrandMethuselah67/Crossover Sheet: The Citadel/@comment-26962685-20150905213331/@comment-5265497-20150906004542

Vallantro looked aloof and detached from that insufferable meeting and when it was his turn to speak, he made a quick hesitation as if he was just jolted out of his own internal ruminations and looked toward Mara.

"It is not needed. Our people can repair your collateral damage on their own. As you well know, our society cares for its own."

Cassius smirks knowing that the 'unrepentant' and 'remorseless' damage through an 'unwarranted' attack will be enough propaganda to stir the common populace to his side if war becomes inevitable.