[KrocodileKrew]

Zodbar did not stop smiling even as he listened to Davis criticising and putting down his race. "I have never claimed we are saviours," the Almürian said. "Merely that we have... improved your race since our arrival. We are conquerors, it is true. That has always been our way. Before the formation of the expeditionary force invading your world, we conquered ourselves. Since then, we have conquered others. Such is the way of the natural order. Your race failed to adapt and conquer the stars first, so it's your planet to lose.

"Still, I'm not getting the sense that you hate me because of that. You hate me for another reason. You must have had a very special reason for wanting to go out in a blaze of glory - a blaze that I denied you, and which you now hate me for." Zodbar patted his abdomen before removing his strong hand. "What is that reason, human? Why do you hate and despise me, where others have embraced me as a ruler or a lover?"