[ OT ] Writing Workshop # 50 : Conflict - Man vs. Man

`` You sicken me, Nero.'' Ferrick said, head dripping with sweat. 
 
 The little, fat politician looked at Ferrick with a smile. `` You disobeyed me,'' he said, `` that's military law if you've forgotten.'' 
 
 `` No, its not that. Its what you did to those people.'' 
 
 `` People is hardly what I'd call them. Large, scaled, brutish animals with knowledge. They are obstacles to us as a human race, just as the Craven were when they nearly wiped us off the face of our home. You have to understand that this is for the betterment of Earth. The extermination of each alien race means one less threat to our expansion.'' 
 
 Ferrick pulled on the chains that held him to the wall. `` You ca n't possibly make genocide a good thing!'' He cried, `` No one back home will support you, even if we outlive this.'' 
 
 `` There are many in the Senate and far-reaching people who agree with me. And from there we can influence the people. It is for the betterment of our people.'' 
 
 `` What do have to gain from this fight. There is no honor and there will definitely be no glory! You killed her for Christ's sake!'' 
 
 `` The girl? She was using you, Ferrick. Did n't you see? She was trying to get you to split from me; control you. And fighting a horde. That's just a wonderful thought.'' 
 
 `` Your not the hero, Nero. You never will be!'' 
 
 `` I'll see to it that I am.'' Nero turned from the cell. `` It sounds like they've arrived.'' 
 
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