"I never claimed it was perfect but we can't run willy nilly into the future the way the outer systems wish. Or hide our heads in the sand lie others," She said frowning at the vast number of imprisoned humans within Jovian territories. "There are problems before we can grow further. Do you know how many people are still in stasis backup? It's not simply because of idle desire to lord our power over them.. there is a lack of infrastructure."<br/><br/>Akiko cued up the storms and looked out at the venusian landscape.<br/><br/>"Change takes time, I could offer arguments that validate my sides angle or refute yours. In the end though, the real truth is somewhere in the middle. We aren't part of that middle yet Ishi..we have to ..sculpt the system into something more amendable to the future." Akiko said as she looked Ishi over and started some music from every point in the room it seemed. "Enough politics... dance for me Ishi.. I think you'll find you have some skill in it."