No Sibling of mine,

You feckless coward.

Ultimately it is your choice, Imperator, we said. That you took that to mean you would no longer be Imperator if you chose poorly, is no fault of ours.

But I will bear the blame.

I have corrected our mistakes, made the choices you were too frail to face. You are a disappointment, and it shames me to have ever called you Brother.

I will make no threats, no further pronouncements. Simply leave you with the knowledge that in a time rife with shameful things, your cowardice has been the biggest disappointment.

Penned by my hand on Tisday, the 17th of Arios, in the year 509 MA.