"So your friend rejected your invitation."
"Yup. Do you think he is stupid?"
"Not necessarily." Gloriana said as she held Marvaine in her lap. "I partially agree with him. It is worth it to fight to preserve our humanity. Survival is important, but so is retaining all of the progress we have to advance our civilization. All of this fighting is causing us to backslide into more savage versions of ourselves. We are looking more and more like the humans of a less enlightened period of our history with every passing day. While I am not stupid enough to hinder efforts to defend our space, I am not blind to the increasing militarization of our entire civilization."
"Hihihi!"
