Pellee laced her fingers together, watching the tribute's death blankly. She waved at a servant.
"That one had connections with one of the previous tributes, am I correct?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"One from the Cosmere Games?"
"Yes."
She leaned back, and her fingers rested gently on her chin. "Well. I suppose with a bias like that, Maj would believe this to be the truth.
"These people don't realize the monstrosity in their own midst. The fact that they think we are the monsters..."
She laughed. "We send our Peacekeepers to protect them from their own criminals. They forget that we provide them with everything they have, protected them during several wars, and they still believe that we are the monsters.
"Fools. They are the ones who took from us, while we only gave to them."