He gave a slow nod, confirming her words without hesitation.
"Indeed. That was never the goal," Kallus said, his tone firm and unapologetic. "The Genomes—or any other race, for that matter—were never meant to be absorbed into the core of my forces. Not in a direct, structural sense."
He paused briefly, gaze sweeping across the command chamber.
Only humans will hold positions within the true command structure of the empire I'm building. I have no grand ambitions of creating a utopia where every race lives together in peace—because fundamentally, that's not possible. And even if such peace could be achieved, it would be temporary at best.
"We humans....
Kallus paused for a moment, almost forgetting that he was no longer human, but something far more—something draconic.
