"All right, just let me see if I understand this. You came in, you took over their countries and destroyed their armies, killing probably hundred to thousands of their people, so you could help them ... prosper. You left their leaders, the ones you just defeated, In Charge, with your orders on how their lives should now be focused and beyond that ... you gave them gold to do this?" Alexander was going to be permanantly imprinted on James's scowl facial memory, because ... what?!
"Why didn't you just leave them alone in the first place!?"
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"Why didn't you just leave them alone in the first place!?"