( Guilt sits in the hollow of his throat - how many innocent people have died because Wen Kexing set his own monsters out in the political landscape? Zhang Chengling's family for one, but there are countless others out there too. He is no less awful than the people here. )

You don't send assassins on a whim, and more often than not the deaths are part of a message. You might be right though, Messalina has everyone acting poorly. ( He nudges the water towards Jacob more pointedly and then wanders off to the other side of the room to find wine, bottle clinging. ) Did you see their disagreements before? The senates, I mean.