They won't catch a break until the people in charge are dead.

[She says it just loud enough to be heard, but not overheard. In charge of who is the real question, given that everything they've seen points to there being no real war. The Emperor has their plans, the Priestess hers--and from what Lightning's heard there's only one of those worth letting happen--but the Branded...someone had to give them the order to strike like that. Who, what, and why?]

There's nothing stopping those Branded from striking again, or something worse from happening later on. The only way to stop this starts at the top, but... [A sigh.] We don't have time to chase that down with all this going on.