"I am not on the good side, nor am I on the bad side. I am the mediator here, trying to make certain that two men with larger-than-life egos don't bring about the end of the universe," Aito retorted sharply, frowning at Krom as he spoke, "Yamate is guilty of creating dissidence and loathing throughout, and Korian is weakening the overall efforts to protect the worlds, both are at fault. You may not be a leader but you're complacent in your King's orders, which gives you part of the blame. Then again I could have killed Yamate and prevented all of this as well, so I'm no better." Now there was no way of knowing if he was the King's equal or not, whether he could even back something like that up. When they had first met years and years ago he was positive he could have done it, even if it might have cost his own life, but now he wasn't so sure. "Convincing people through reason or even coercion is better than force, I'm sure even you and your King must understand that. Troop number means nothing when there's no cohesion among the ranks, as soon as something happens I would wager everyone's going to break off and it'll be a disaster..."

It was an abysmal way to look at the situation, but that was Aito's greatest concern now; without being informed everyone was fighting for a cause they didn't believe in. If they were told it was to protect their worlds from a threat then there'd likely be far more likely to side with the Saiyans. In fact, if everyone knew the truth then people would be lining up to join, there would be no need for invasions or conscripts. "That mech is a last ditch safety measure built into him. It was meant to be used in worst case scenarios, as its very taxing and can be hard to control at times. The fact that you made it easier to access concerns me, I've still yet to figure out exactly what potential risks it has." The men could agree there at least; creating artificial life so callously was hardly an ethical thing to do. Aito had done it, but he'd done so with the full intent of providing his creation a full, meaningful life, not to use them solely as a military weapon. "Maybe that's the truth, maybe it's not, I can't say. But if anything is going to be done then the two sides need to have some kind of discussion, before things get worse."

It was very strange to see a Saiyan like this, people who were normally so vicious and intimidating; Shu was nothing more than a little boy who happened to be a Saiyan by heritage, he didn't look like he'd hurt a fly. Feeling terribly sympathetic for the child, the nurse walked over and tried to help him to his feet, eyes widening a bit in surprise when he hastily cuddled into her. "There there... Your friends are all here too, and they're okay. No one was seriously injured in the battle, that includes your brother," the nurse said gently, smiling as she put her arm around Shu and stroked his hair, "Please, don't worry so much, they're being taken care of and will make a full recovery." Hoping to take care of this boy now she eased him into a sitting position back on his bed, smiling kindly as she did so. "I just need to check a few things dear, so please sit still for me?" Reaching into the pocket of her white coat she pulled out a small scanner, turning it on and slowly moving the device over Shu's front. "It's an x-ray machine, it let's me see if anything's broken on the inside, but you seem to be perfectly fine! Can I get you anything? Something to eat? A drink?"

"The only person who currently thinks you're guilty Viral, is you. Even prior to overhearing that exchange I never believed you were guilty, only that you'd been taken by force and made to do things against your will. The Saiyans were at fault before, and the Saiyans are at fault now, not you. I'm positive the others share my sentiments." Vegeta wasn't going to blame Viral regardless of what was said, he simply couldn't. He could still remember Krom having taken his brother almost like a hostage, using it as his way off of Earth. That had nothing to do with the Beastman, it was all Krom's doing. Even if Viral had agreed to go along to spare them trouble he'd still been taken by the Elite, again making the blame fall onto the Saiyans. "You were an immense part in finding the Dragonballs, and you were integral in defending Earth, even if you were taken for it. And it most certainly is heroic, you were going to sacrifice your own well-being, possibly even your life to save your friends and even the planet. There is nothing more heroic than that. In all honesty I kind of hold you up on a pedestal now, knowing that. It's not something many people could do, and it was an incredibly courageous and selfless act. Truly you're a better man than most of us here, of that there's no question. And it's only further cemented my desire to help you, to get you healthy again and back to your prime, like you deserve. You helped us, now it's our turn to help you."