Saint Stark liked the speech.
She liked it even though its most important points were lost to her. Stark was not a Rubarthan, so she had never grown up and learned to take pride in a Rubarthan identity.
That did not mean she was ignorant of how much the citizens as well as many immigrants took pride in their Rubarthan identity and citizenship.
It was a very big deal in both the Milky Way and the Red Ocean.
Davia Stark merely found it unfortunate that she lacked the context and emotional ties to experience the moment herself.
She felt as if she was relegated to the role of a neutral bystander. She simply had no stake in the life and death of the Rubarthan state.
She felt envious of the Rubarthans for maintaining their love and reverence for a common identity.
It was one of the many aspects that Davia Stark had lost along her difficult journey of transcendence.
She had lost the capability to feel pride in one's state, culture, people or nation.
