Edict 1SZ-10-01

To the Ministry of the Civil Service, 

''We note with dismay the suggestions submitted by some officials, regarding the appropriate treatment of our Helan guests. The officialdom is the body to which laws are entrusted - it is their sacred trust to administer benevolently, in accordance to laws and morality. ''

''How is this remotely like the behaviour that those officials have exhibited this time? There is no crime cited that would justify execution, nor is there any other good reason stated. If wanton rage and sentiment is all it takes to take a life, what will this Empire come to? ''

''This will not do. As this is the first instance of such insolence, we will punish lightly. All officials who have submitted these thoughtless suggestions are to be punished by docking three months' salary, as well as a censure from the Minister. We command that you draft the censure for our inspection soonest.''