"I won't argue that their actions are hurting things, but then so are yours. Both sides are at fault here; the rebels want to separate everyone and thus weaken everything as a whole, and the Saiyans are trying to gather everyone, by force, for strength in numbers. All of this stems from your King's inability to be straightforward. And you're right, you're not the Planet Trade Organization, for which I suppose we should be grateful. Nonetheless, what you've been doing isn't much better." He did realize he was playing devil's advocate and critiquing the empire more, but then that was the point of this; what did someone in the ranks think of their activity? Not to be unexpected the Elite was quick to bash the rebels for their activities, and he was certain if this were Korian or someone else in the chair they'd do the same. "See... In my eyes the collars are nothing more than something to bend the will of those around you, not strengthen it or align them to your cause. I can perfectly understand the viewpoint, to gather the strongest army possible to confront the enemy, but I cannot condone how it was approached, as I've said many times now. If you return to your King, be certain he understands the ramifications his actions will have, even if the efforts are successful. People will not forgive this easily."

There may be a plentiful amount of side-effects that turning someone into a Beastman could bring about, no one knew for certain. The reason Viral never showed any signs of degradation prior was because he was 'naturally' like that, meaning nothing new was introduced into his body. One only had to look as far as Yumi to see if it had any clear adverse effects, and this far luckily it didn't seem so. That being said however it didn't absolve her of risk, it may be some time until they could say with absolute certainty. "It just seems like Viral should be paired with a powerful Ki user, albeit that doesn't solve everything. That pair couldn't be everywhere at once, which means more solar energy users are needed. That... Or we develop the proper weaponry for it..." Aito mumbled, frowning as he looked over at Krom, "The rebels would not be getting in your way if they knew the truth, don't you think? Or perhaps they would, but at the very least then they could be helping to prepare for whatever is on its way. I'm not siding with them, I'm just saying you cannot blame them, since at face value all most see is the Saiyans being aggressive and trying to overtake worlds. Hardly inspires camaraderie and trust, now does it?"

A nurse was making her rounds about the hospital, checking up on the latest patients coming back from their last mission. Rumor had it they had fought the Saiyan King and lived, a very impressive feat. Obviously they hadn't killed the man as otherwise Uuonoe would be erupting into fanfare, but the fact they'd made it back was still good nonetheless. Having just left Haku's room she stopped just outside of Shu's getting her chart together before entering. With everything in order she went ahead and knocked before entering, blinking in confusion seeing the young Saiyan's bed empty. "Shu...? Hello...?" she called, walking in slowly while looking about. Spotting a nest of hair just on the other side of the bed she hurried over, looking at the little boy worriedly as he was quite visibly shaken and panicked. Placing her clipboard on the bed she hurried over and knelt down, reaching out to try and help him up to his feet. "Shh... You're okay little one, you're at the hospital on Uuonoe. You were brought here after the fight ended, you're safe now. Just take a few deep breaths and relax, nothing's going to hurt you here."

"Okay, perhaps afraid wasn't the right word for that, but why wouldn't we tell them the truth? It would absolve you of this guilt you're feeling, wouldn't it? Right now you think everyone blames you or holds a grudge, but I can guarantee that isn't the case." No one had shown any signs at all of questioning Viral before now, Takeshi was the first to say anything on the matter and he'd quickly changed his mind once he knew. The others were far less opinionated and prone to outburst than that knucklehead was, he was positive that Viral had nothing to be concerned about. "You joined willingly, but it's not as if you joined for power, nor did you join because you hated everyone. You said so yourself, you joined because you were told it was going to spare us any trouble. What you did was the greatest sacrifice short of giving your life for us, and there's not a single one among us who will think poorly of that. Viral... You say you failed in protecting Earth, but I beg to differ. You protected Earth just fine, it's we that failed you. As things stand everyone believes you were kidnapped, no one knows you joined willingly. If you can please tell me how people will possibly view knowing you tried sparing everyone any trouble as a bad thing then please, tell me."