It shouldn’t have. [He crosses his arms over his chest.] But, in a way I’m grateful that their desire for power and political machinations ended up with this outcome.

If they hadn’t. I wouldn’t have been wandering the cosmos and taking the odd jobs on whatever ship would take me. That’s how I ended up on the Astral Express. I was offered a job as a guard and later asked if I would like to stay long term.

[He takes a moment and his stoic expression softens.] That’s how I found my home. And nothing and no one can take that from me. What happened before is the past. It doesn’t define what happens next.

That’s for me to decide.