That's true... And some if it's because we're easier to control that way.

[ Does Dimitri know about that? Has his world's Yuri told him? In a five year war, perhaps he hadn't had occasion to. ]

When all of this is done, I— [ He abruptly finds he doesn't want to think about that, gripping the railing tightly for a moment. Just as quickly, his grasp goes slack. ] Pay a visit to the Shadow Library in Abyss, yeah? There aren't lifts, so far as I know, but there are innovations our people could use. The church simply feared them. Lady Rhea feared them.