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[articulations]

Much has changed over the years, as some of you have seen for yourselves. Many have come and gone. Many have returned remembering this world, while others have returned remembering and knowing nothing.

Next month will mark the third year in which I have taken up residence here. I wouldn't call myself stuck, not particularly, though I know there might be some who would disagree.

So then here is a question for everyone: how long have you been residing here? What have you done or accomplished during your stay? What will you do next?

For me, I believe it is time to obtain some form of official license with piloting. Among other things.

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[iceheart_imperial]

[If anything, she's shocked they didn't already know. Did they actually leave active Sith Lords to their own devices without even basic surveillance? But then, of course, there's the insult. Which leaves her looking at her phone for a long moment, tapping a finger on her desk. Deliberate attempt to provoke, or just general background hostility? Either way, her response is clear.]

In all honesty, my predecessors were much too concerned with their own petty acquisitions to view it as all that much of a prize. They were men of the court, you see - venal and without imagination. But the offer is made, and it is one I will keep when called upon.

[In short, she just opts to ignore it. The old Isard would have risen to that bait. But she has no reason to justify herself to a woman who is, moment by moment, disappointing. This is not the Leia Organa she'd studied for years, surely. The cunning warrior and keen diplomat. Can it be yet another from that disappointing alternative full of ridiculous First Orders and immediate collapse?]

With all due respect, that is a naive perspective that I can't believe you truly hold. The Emperor's plan for power took thirty years to accomplish, with few if any outwards signs of its progression before the end. Your peace has survived by chance, not design. And there is no way I am the first person to realize this - though perhaps the first to say it out loud.