"We get the honor of their "practiced" care." Revan shakes his head. "I assume that's part of the trouble. They've learned how to cloud our vision. Operate in a way that saves face while masking their agenda. Whatever it might be."

It was to his great chagrin that he shakes his head in response to Chilton's question, peering at his companion with a sympathetic tilt of his head.

"Most of those that object to registration do so to sue for some misguided grab at independence. As if that will spare them from the coming storm."

They could be so lucky. Sadly the simple fact of their presence spoke to quite a different course of events.

"When a line is drawn, it doesn't matter on what side you stand. War has already found you."