“No, nobody ever forgets watching family die, but you have a chance to make new memories.” He smirked at Kalian and hugged his son tightly. “Oh no, you’re not that lucky smart ass.” Once Inaara was in the room he shut the door and sat down on the edge of Kalian’s bed. “How long are you going to hide your power from your mother and I? She’s here because she’s going to find out the truth, but I want to hear it from you.”<br/><br/>“It’s not a ploy! You asked me what I did and I told you! I don’t go around waving my veteran status, nobody cares about that. Fuck him! If you want to keep this up and run these bullshit audits yearly I’ll start digging into people the civilians actually want to know about. And you and your sisters will really start to hate me then.” She turned back around and glared at Jasmine. “I said I didn’t write it and I told you where you can find proof. But it was published in my paper and I’ll still take the fault for it, I’ll pay the fines as required.” Animus nodded and looked at Vanessa.<span style="color: #b30000">“It is roughly thirty-nine thousand five hundred gold and eighteen silver per drone. I am an employee of the city and my drones are considered its property, if they want to fine you for their destruction I cannot stop them.”</span>She looked back at Jasmine and shook her head.<span style="color: #b30000">“We’ve finished analyzing her tax information and her donations and she has been filling incorrectly. The city owes her almost three thousand gold. After Nalo was ousted and her gold reserves were destroyed the city was unable to pay out all of the income tax returns. Additionally, her status as a veteran has been confirmed and she has never filled as such and collected those benefits. If she filed for them now the owed payments would reach nearly nine thousand gold, excluding the taxes and interest on them.” </span>The Animus paused for a moment.<span style="color: #b30000"> “The best I can do, legally, is enroll her in therapy for her wartime trauma and enforce her attendance. She would have to pay for the classes as well. But her mental condition would need to be evaluated by a priest first. Is that what you desire?”</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>