Arrival

[Mor'os]

"Welll, I do not thin'k any women have personally t'ried to con't'rol his Divinity themsel'ves direct, but it would be right to say that their father or their gran'd'father would t'ry to do so th'rough them. But if I may as'k, who expec't's what role of you?"

[The Empire]

"Right now, no one, but on my homeworld I was the only heir to that world's largest empire geographically. But when my parents were killed by a resistance fighter's bomb in a newly conquered territory, the empire they had forged collapsed into civil war. I was forced to stay several years in exile before I, with help had amassed enough resources to reunite the empire proper, a few weeks later, a second world war erupted, forcing me and some selected few to leave the surface and somehow we ended up here in a bean-crop in one of your westernmost provinces."

[Mor'os]

"So you were here in your gone home of orgin? Well, if thought of being ruler s'cares you then there is no worry here. The line mus't remain solid f'rom the Supreme Ancestor."

[The Empire]

"I don't think you understand, I was raised to rule so no prospect of ruling scares me but I have no wish to rule anything but my own fate and that is mine to rule and mine alone."

[Mor'os]

Shausil seemed a bit confused by this last statement, but quickly moved to hide any traces of it from his expression.

"Perhap's" he said to fill the empty silence. "Perhap's not. But I thin'k...yes, we are almos't there. This building I have alway's thought to large. We will come aroun'd f'rom the back, unless you would wan't to join the c'row'd that is sure to be there for the p'resentation of the remaining decrees."

[The Empire]

"Thank you for offering, but I feel a bit uneasy with crowds, especially when I can't understand a word they are saying so I would prefer the back entrance mind you."

[Mor'os]

"It was not offer. It was showing what would be if we did not go by the back." In the distance, a cheer and round of applause rose up and then faded again, confirming that there was indeed some sort of crowd present further ahead as promised. Once it had died down, it was replaced by an indistinct voice. Then more applause, and then the voice again in a steady cycle. The sound was lost from hearing as Shausil turned away and towards the back of the palace.

[The Empire]

If it wasn't an offer then why the hell did he bother to tell it to me?

[Mor'os]

Shausil noted an odd subtley of expression on Hanna's part, the barest hints of some kind of annoyance. Shausil was unsure as to why she should be annoyed, and so returned it with the slightest hints of annoyed puzzlement before continuing on. Away from the sound and towards the back, through a set of doors where they were recognized and allowed to pass without question. Down halls and up flight of stairs. At this point the same sounds of speech and of applause, back in forth in  steady rhythm, returned and grew in strength and progressed farther.

"Hek et." said Shausil as a nervous looking Chasmor came into sight.

"A, Ten pesh!"

"Tle ban on or?"

"Istomis."

"A..." said Shausil turning back to Hanna. "It seem's we are in time for the en'd of thing's."

[The Empire]

"Ah, are we staying back here behind the curtains until it is done or are we expected to show ourselves? Because I feel my current garb isn't completely up to the occation."
Hanna's reply reminded Shausil that she in fact was still wearing some sort of male military uniform and carrying her rifle in a short sling from her shoulder.

[Mor'os]

"No, you do not have to appear. That would be too much to as'k"

"Zhat sū buvab on al om on loi sū lhek dē ī." said a voice from the other side of the curtains, now clearly identifiable as Osmar thanks to proximity. This was met with a particularly loud uproar of cheering.

"Caste is des't'royed and all subjec't's are equal for the law." Shausil translated haphazardly.

[The Empire]

Hanna nodded
"I think he is going to be one of the most popular Mor'osi emperors in history. But he will also get a lot of enemies among those who belonged to the more privilieged until he said that."
The first sentence had a happy note while the second sentence's note turned slightly sad.

[Mor'os]

"Well, there were enemies, his own g'ran'dfather and former Prime Minister among them. Haryhīn Rassen. They have been deal't with before this. They t'ried an'd failed to seize com'p'lete power in fear of losing it. They should have taken a lesson f'rom history.

[The Empire]

"I think he mentioned something about that yesterday, but still, I doubt all of those who oppose this change has revealed themselves yet."

[Mor'os]

Shausil shrugged. "Perhap's, but what hope would they have? Heaven itsel'f is against them. Ten sū shi."