While his advisors seemed to visibly react towards a mention of the Commonwealth and certain other words she'd use, Morreti never gave Victoria any sign of a tell in regards to what he was thinking. At least in this regard, he was more of a Xeno than his peers, entirely unpredictable. One could never be certain he was even listening, and it didn't seem like he was right now. Blue eyes idly watched as she spoke, gestured and behaved, as if scanning for imperfections. Since the dialogue seemed to only concern the figureheads of both organizations, Morreti's advisors let him do all the talking if only to be polite and spare verbal bombardment. "From the looks on the faces of my Luminaries here, I'd probably avoid calling yourselves Liberty's true military force. It implies subordination to the entity that's directly responsible for our existence. And I should like to presume that you renounced your subordination to the Republic in favor of your own freedoms. A bully is a bully regardless of how legitimate his claim, and that's the present association we have when it comes to Liberty's military." So apparently he was listening, just not too keenly. And he also seemed to have the intuition necessary to know what his colleagues were thinking, just by looking at them. It wasn't remarkable if one considered the fact that he'd probably spent a lot of time with them by now.
"Your relationships, as you put it, have always been a point of contention. It's also why you're, to put it frankly, unappealing to the average man. Why? Well, consider this. We act in the pursuit of ideologies that made Liberty great to begin with, ideologies which were quickly sold when the margins were the most compelling to the Republic. Take my word for it, what the people you're trying to fight for really want, are people they can relate to. It's why we enjoy a level of support no other organization in Liberty can hope to stake a claim to. And the reason for that is simple, there's no difference between them and us beyond the obvious. And we regularly keep tabs on their needs. So when a movement like yours, aligns itself alongside entities distinctly opposed to our way of life, such as the Unioners. You automatically disqualify yourself from any potential favor. You become part of the grand problem, and an enemy not only to those people, but to us." It appeared as if he'd had time to think through what he'd just said, or perhaps his advisors had fed him all the pertinent information he needed prior to this meeting. It didn't really matter, they were a critical analysis of what the situation was and they were valid. There was no way in hell the working man was going to get behind a cause that actively supported people intent on pushing him around.
Despite how cold his remarks might have just seemed, he smiled before continuing further. "The Commonwealth is a mutual point of disagreement. They've been unreliable, untrustworthy and selfish recently. I wouldn't put much stock in them personally, especially not with how eager they were to leave us out to dry in Bering once they settled their differences with you. I don't think you've ever been briefed on this, but we went into Bering alongside the Legion to help them fight you. The Legion then decided it did not want to fight you and backed off. But they did not do us the courtesy of establishing our own withdrawal. They just left. And they left us holding the bag, in front of you and every mercenary looking for easy credits. Ultimately we blame the Commonwealth for that gross misconduct. I'd prefer if we left them out of the current discussion entirely. They aren't worth passing mentions." With those facts established it hardly came as a surprise that the Xenos were not the biggest fans of the Commonwealth at the moment, but it also seemed like there was more to it than that. But that only circled back to his point of not wanting to waste time talking about just that, a waste of time.
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