gaeriel + han
"It was a power struggle before you got there — before the Empire got there, really."
A tough admission, one the Bakurans usually don't make to outsider's, but it's the truth nonetheless. Gaeriel sees no harm in admitting that to someone who was there for the bulk of their toughest battle yet. Her world surely would've fallen had it not been for their intervention and assistance.
"Bakura was on the brink of Civil War before we ceded to the Empire. There are many who are going to oppose our newfound connections with your Alliance, because they firmly believe the Empire is the glue that kept us all together when we were on the brink of falling apart. And maybe they were, but for all the wrong reasons."