Hours had passed since he'd shocked Aerrow to silence, when the sky knight came back with more questions.
"How can we be the bad guys? The people are subjugated by Cyclonia!"
"How do you know that?"
"The Council-"
Dark Ace laughed. "Of course. And they give you your missions too. They control the very movements of any forward deployed squadrons."
"Well… yeah."
"It would hardly be good for morale if it became common knowledge that the Cyclonian citizenry were content and happy with life."
"But-"
"And because you never question anything…" Dark Ace glanced at him, amused, "You'd never know."
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Author's Note: Total word count: 100
(Yeah… no update for The Wager tonight. Its halfway typed, so definitely tomorrow.)