[Yeah. That's definitely true. His own bitter bias aside, he didn't see Gigas not wanting to take Union for themselves. Its just Unions own ability to fight them back had kept them at bay for so long.]

[Something cold drops in the pit of his stomach. If that thing had made an appearance two years ago ...Caldera would have been...]

[Don't think about that, Ichimonji.]

Yeah. As much as I hate to admit it, the cease fire was just wishful thinking. I hope we're ready.

["We" because he's transplanted himself here for this long, despite being Calderan. He's a part of Union, too.]

[To that last part, though. He looks up. Surprise momentarily on his face before it's replaced with a smile.]

That should stop surprising me. The people of Gigas really have been oblivious this whole time on what their government has been doing. The people there mean no harm even if they're ignorant to what their City has done.

[A frown.]

I'm worried about them. If they try to rise against the enemy in their own home, who knows what this emperor could do to them.