[More blunt than she could perhaps be, but it's the truth, and Lucretia already suspects it.
And it's not like Breq is particularly loyal to the way the Radch comports itself, either. She looks out toward the bustling crowd and the celebrations around the parade as she talks. Her face is still. If this concept bothers her, it's not her expression that's giving her away.]
The Radch called them annexations. Locals were encouraged to integrate their own existing cultures-- social groups, religions, power structures-- into the Radch framework. How soon after the annexation affected how much of a euphemism it was to say 'encouraged.'
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[More blunt than she could perhaps be, but it's the truth, and Lucretia already suspects it.
And it's not like Breq is particularly loyal to the way the Radch comports itself, either. She looks out toward the bustling crowd and the celebrations around the parade as she talks. Her face is still. If this concept bothers her, it's not her expression that's giving her away.]
The Radch called them annexations. Locals were encouraged to integrate their own existing cultures-- social groups, religions, power structures-- into the Radch framework. How soon after the annexation affected how much of a euphemism it was to say 'encouraged.'