[u][b]Lucius, Caesar of The Legion[/b][/u]

Lucius stayed silent as the NCR President made his speech, and said nothing when the offer of giving up part of Arizona was put on the table. It was never a serious offer of peace, that much he knew. The NCR President had never had any intention of making peace or renewing the treaty. In all likely hood, his attendance here was nothing more than grandstanding. Predictably, the announcement then came that the NCR had begun their invasion already. Supposedly having already shattered his Legion, and evidently already planning victory marches. Lucius couldn't tell if the President was making an official announcement, or trying to film a propaganda piece for his people. Knowing the NCR: probably both.

He stayed silent for a few moments after President Kimball Jr. had finished his speech, before calming turning to the man who'd spoken directly after him, a polite smile on his face,

"You were saying?"  Inwardly, and perhaps outwardly, he was pleased that he'd stuck to his intention. The Legion had in fact not fired the first shot. 

He then turned to Kimball Jr., and scratched the side of his head slightly while giving a heavy sigh of annoyance,

"What Legion lines, President Kimball?" He asked in a tone of voice that sounded like he was speaking to a child, "I know you haven't broken the Legion's lines, because there's no such thing. By all means, march your armies into Arizona. [i]See how far you get.[/i]" Lucius spoke these last words with a coldness. A cold, calculating voice which could only come from a man who'd watched his own capital burn to the ground. A man who'd go to any lengths to defeat his enemy. 

"But there's still a chance to turn away from this path, President Kimball," Lucius offered, "One last opportunity to save your soldiers lives, and those of your people. To spare them the experience of the utter horror of total war. Renew the treaty, keep the borders as they are. And my Legion will take no action against you. Otherwise continue down this path, and I will rain hell down on you. That is all I have to say."