Rui had already predicted that she wanted to use an external threat to unite civilizations, but he didn't realize that she was going to be this proactive about it.
"…Orion Star Strand Summit?" he couldn't help but raise an eyebrow with some skepticism.
She nodded. "Our star strand has always been divided, with no body or platform upon which advanced civilizations could come together to tackle common problems and mutual interests. This is an error that should be remedied, even if we arakai, thanks to the War Faction, have contributed to this sorry state of affairs."
"Part of it also must be that until you got information on impending incursions from advanced civilizations into our star strand, there were very few mutual interests," he pointed out.
