Banthashit.

[ It was blunt and hard, but not angry, exactly. Not loud. ]

Loyalty isn't blind. You're not a clone. It's not something programmed into you, something hammered into your head that you don't even know is there to fight it. You are a man completely capable of his own moral judgement.

Following someone doesn't mean you think everything they do is right. And if you're actually loyal, then yeah, it's your place to question when they make bad decisions. Because our job - as loyal men - is to hold the people we follow to those standards.

I don't care if you believe in whatever the hell you mean by the Imperial Ideals. It's what you think make up those ideals that I care about.