'So this is Clelisarius,' Marcus thought as he looked at the handsome silver-haired man sitting at the round table, 'he's a little different than I expected. I mean, he looks more like a model for a luxury cosmetics brand than a tyrant or a terrorist. He doesn't look like a man who caused the destruction of an entire city.'
"Well, you're not wrong about that," Othur replied. "Celisarius, he... he was once a good man. From a young age, he dedicated his life to making the Republic a better place. He began his political career as a simple civil servant. He then won a seat in Parliament; first as a deputy in the Legislative Chamber, and later as a senator.
