[Thankfully, he has the excuse of living in a medieval-ish world often wrought with conflict, lest his life's work would be rather ... unnecessary. He continues to look at Nina as he leans over the table.]

Theirs is a cause often heard of -- revolution or reform. They have no central leader; the various lower senators are actually the loudest dissidents, and their supporters have taken to blaming the imperial upper class for the slow ruin of the empire and the death of the country's last great hero.