[ A small nod at that. "Sludge". It's really the best word he can think to describe the Kenoma that they'd been made to ingest. The fact that the texture was unpleasant wasn't even close to the worst of it though. ]

You are. The Regent seems to have the classic idea most megalomaniacs get that they know what's best for everyone else.

[ There's an ironic quirk to the corners of his mouth after saying that. It's probably a little hypocritical of him to say that now, considering what he's supported in the past back on his own planet... ]