Nina, Lloyd and others in “Unfinished Business”

Nina

A single shot from the Mordreds Stark Hadron cannon would demolish the Mausoleum, wouldn't it?

Lloyd

Well, yes. If you just want to crush them.

And the moment we did that they'd say we killed their empress. We have to let the High Eunuchs make that last mortal blow.

So, you admit you're outmatched. Well, we won't accept your surrender. It's too late now.

You insist on fighting? Even though your own empress will die in the attack?

The empress is merely a system. There are plenty of others to replace her.

So you can't use her as a bargaining chip.

But you use her to gain noble titles in the Britannian court.

You have sharp ears, don't you? A cheap price to pay for power.

Cheap? A phony treaty that gives China's land to a foreign nation?

Land is nothing but dirt, after all.

Correct. We're Britannian noblemen now. That's what counts.

And what about the common people you sworn to protect?

Zero, when you walk down the street, do you worry about stepping on the ants?

You throw away paper that clings to your bottom, don't you? It's the same thing.

You sell out your country, abandon your empress, betray your own people, and all for what?

An idealist. I never thought you were so naïve, Zero.

Indeed! Masters and commoners will always breed.

Like insects!

Radiant shield generators 2 and 5 are offline!

Ohgi

That leaves the deck exposed!

Stop it!

Kaguya

Your Majesty!

Noblemen, you're bureaucrats, paper pushers who know nothing about noblesse oblige!

Please stop it! You have to stop all this fighting!