Moonlight crouched beside Raylo, his pale gold vertical pupils overlooking the earth below.
"The territory of the Violet Empire is even larger than I imagined," Raylo marveled, looking at the endless expanse of cities and the web-like network of roads below.
"Naturally." Austin Sage sat up and pointed ahead. "Just ahead is the heartland of the Violet Empire. Although this place has a few too many religious charlatans, I have to admit, it's absolutely rolling in riches when it comes to resources."
Raylo did not reply. Instead, he focused his attention on the newly generated system intelligence for the day. Since arriving in the Saint Violet Empire, the vast majority of the system's reports had been related to this nation.
[1. Red-robed Archbishop Sario has been very distressed recently. A mistress he keeps on the side is pregnant, but he has already lost his fertility. He is considering whether to burn that mistress at the stake as a heretic, along with her "miracle" of a child.]
