[To Legate Zaniah Almirah]

[Empress of Neon]

"Dear Zaniah,

I am well aware of what Sol Auk's trying to normalize in Ephia's Well.

That is the way of Kha'esh. It is not the way of Citadel, or the Sultanate.

Any hope or loyalty I had to this empire will fade if it embraces slavery.

Especially when it is founded on so flimsy a thing as being a public nuisance.

I know it when I see it. And I will accept no excuses.

This is not conscription. This a purchase of another's life and freedom.

Fight this, or any bridges between us will be severed forever.

You know she doesn't deserve this.

~ Isabella

P.S If basic moral decency is not enough, know this.

You will empower the Whites, the Rose and generate only greater instability down the road if you let this come to pass.

Stop being complacent in that fucking serpent's games."