Camille blinked at Ryuho's suggestion, her mind skipping a beat before settling back on its usual, methodical track. For a moment she had thought she had him... The Order were a terrorist organisation, were they not? Wasn't this sort of thing that they did? She mentally kicked herself, forcing the tension from her limbs. This wasn't some Royal Navy Officer, a petty man who would be more impressed by promises of grand gestures then the acts themselves. No, this was a different game. Still, the answers came to her easily, as they often did, solutions carried to her on tides of neurons. She merely had to reach for them.
"Will it truly change nothing? If infection is as dangerous as you imply, then is it not prudent to remove the source as quickly as possible? Policy change will follow." Arguing for assassination of her own commanding officer. Camille almost had to stifle a laugh at the incredulity of it. The corner of her mouth crept up in faint amusement, nonetheless. "There is something you must understand about Gallia, Ryuho. Each decision a leader, particularly a noble, makes is uniquely theirs. Whatever they may argue, it is not made on behalf of the government, nor a union, nor any organisation in mind save their own reputation. Each decision cements their hold on power. It is branding, of a sort. Xavier's policy would change, simply because it must. The alien neutrality was his defining order. For his successor to leave it intact would be to continue to acknowledge Xavier as the true Marechal of the Navy. Non." She shook her head, firm in her certainty. "It will change.
You ask why I have not taken action already." She flicked a second pebble into the pond, sending ripples bouncing from the faux-concrete walls. "That too, is simple. I do not understand what I face. As far as I am aware, I am the only member of the la marine to contact you. There may have been others who tried before me. I do not know. If I die, then who will prevent the situation you described? Who will keep watch to ensure that, as you said, a second alien does not simply resume where Xavier fell? I am not a coward, Ryuho, but I will not throw my life away for what may amount to little more than a momentary reprieve."
