[Blue takes another sip, frowning against the rim of the glass. it doesn't take long for talk to turn grim when the focus is on anything from his world... is this all he can bring to the table?

he hopes not.

after a beat:] It's what they wanted. Long ago, when they decided...that humans can't be trusted to govern themselves. They made a machine to do it...and that compliance...and all the workings behind making it...are results of that decision.

That's why, I suppose...the less in common I have with others here...the better. I don't like the idea...of other universes...subjugating their people like that.