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"What makes them so different to us?" Echo asked, "Are we not the same to them as the ones who attacked us?" He knew little of the strike on Caprica, only conflicting rumours of it being a strike by UCON, Terra or any number of old enemies.

"Do you think they have the same conversations? The same thoughts of protecting their people? Why is it that people continue the cycle of mutual fear and hostility, when both nations want the same thing?"

The golems eyes fell again. "And on a personal level, too. When I was ordered to retrieve the Divine Shadow, he was in the custody of law enforcement officers. I had thought to disable them as I had those in the hall, but he ordered me to kill them. That was not necessary. Their deaths meant nothing, no gain could be garnered from them. There was no point to it."