"How ironic", Liat thought to herself. What people is he speaking of? The Ryccian people, a raceless nation united by their common brotherhood, or the humans, a mere species comprising the whole? How does he expect for the Ryccian and Stoinian peoples to forge ties if the latter detest the Empire's own raison d'etre?

He gave in so easily to her demands despite Stoinia's racism. There has to be catch. Liat did not know what it would be, but that would reveal itself over time.

"Indeed. We shall permit for the students of both nations to course their education freely across our realms. An exchange programme shall work to foster mutual goodwill and concord amongst us all"