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It is a bit difficult, but speaking of such things is important. [a smile that's only tinged with sadness, for the moment] If we do not address how wars began, how can we hope to prevent them?
[the smile gone now, she will answer him,] It is not easy to pinpoint the exact beginning, but there was a long period of tension after Coordinators' existence was first made public. Some Coordinators thought themselves superior, a new and better race. Some naturals were threatened by their existence, feared and hated them. The tensions grew until --
[her pause is not for effect, but for grief.] The natural army sent a nuclear weapon to destroy one of our colonies. All 243,721 inhabitants perished. [and she feels each individual death as plainly as if she knew them all personally.] After that, there was no stopping it.