To: 'Nobushi' || From: Yukiyama Minako

[Apollon]

01. May, 824 A.S
Planet New Tokyo, New Tokyo system.

Comm ID: Nobushi, Itto Kaisa.
Recipient: Yukiyama Minako, Kaigun-Taisho
Topic: RE: Recent Talks

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Minako-fujin,

The fight may be unnecessary, but it still lasts and will still last for all I know. Both of our sides know how superfluous our war is, yet no one is taking the initiative to end it appropriately. Unfortunately, the only language used to solve the crisis that you started was outright violence. You, and your allies, may view us as wrong but we share the same view towards you as well. We fight for upholding order, security, and peace, whereas you fight for your emperor, honor, and restoring the glory of the former empire. Shikashi, does the twisted honor you fight for justify the bloodshed you've started? Will your tenno restore the countless lives lost? What will you say to those you contributed to their demise when you meet them in the afterlife? The difference between your decision and ours is the rationality, morality, and sense of duty. Before you try revolutionizing the nation, why don't you try to revolutionize yourself first?

I'm neither blind nor deluded. Like you, I fight for what I believe is right and not for what I'm told is by others. What are your swords for? To protect the empire, to protect the Tenno? Not me. I fight for my people, not leaders, shoguns, emperors or ministers. I fight against anyone who poses a threat to the people of Kusari, whether it is you or my superiors. Back then in the Empire and now in the Republic, what I fight for never changed. While the empire and republic exhaust themselves in this meaningless war, I'm readying myself for the greater war and catastrophe in the aftermath, and I hope you do the same, Yukiyama Minako.

Sayonara.

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Nobushi, Itto Kaisa
CO 66th Special Expeditionary Division
5FLT, Kusari Naval Forces