Editing LotS/The Story/Days of Wu/Fade to Black

Entire worlds became their funeral pyre. Billions of lives extinguished in a single act of retribution, born of love as well as hate. The galaxy will never forget what became of the Centurian Collective. Their doom is etched into the bones and ashes of history.
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Many of my advisors urged me to condemn <Player's name>. My allies asked me why I sided with him, when it would have been so very easy to denounce him and express horror alongside Francis Dupont and his ilk. Instead I sprang to his defense and did whatever I could to shift the galaxy's opinion in his favor. I sowed human space with propaganda that endorsed the Centurian genocide.
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The reason is simple. Had I been in his position, cast in the role of warrior and commander instead of shackled by a politician's duties, I would have done far, far worse.
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And my dear friend's daughter cared for him/her. Illaria's smile shone in my thoughts when I acted on <Player's name>'s behalf. I couldn't fail her a second time. It was my duty to her that made me lure Noir into the trap that should have destroyed him. My duty to her that brought him into my home, and sealed my fate. The Sian Empire will lose its prime minister and experience turmoil. But I had a debt to repay, and feel no regret.