"I know no fear. I am incapable of it... the process of making us into the Legions burned fear out of us magically. But I do not hold them in contempt, or even pity the flock of the church. Rather... I wish to illuminate them, raise them up, if we can."

He pauses, and looks to the scrolls of military history, "But that is not why I am here, is it? What is it Nero seeks from this war?" He will fix her with a hard look.

"What do you seek, Medea? I've known people like you before, and you clearly have your own purposes, even as you serve your Rose Empress."