[Horatio says nothing for a moment. He feels a sudden, acute relief at not being Scorpius's warden. He doesn't know how well he could argue against the morality of acts of war against a race that did such things.]

I see. And the actions you took in endeavoring to stop them are what brought you here.

For what little it is worth... I know that justice, duty, and ruthlessness are a triumvirate of necessities in times of war. Whether we will be thought of as heroes or villains for what we do is unknowable to any man who serves in it.