"People hold grudges for long after lives are over," Coward murmured with a bit of a chuckle. He shook his head. "One would think his crimes would be waved off by now, but, no. Some things, the former Empire considers sacred. Others, it would rather forget."

But that was a political argument for another day. And one that amused him more than it angered him or the like. It was simply a matter of attention. But in this case...

"Better a straw man than homes, though."