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[Oh so wonderful. Full of puking and alcohol poisoning. Judas toasts Shinzon with his glass and drinks again.]

Galilee is known for its fine wine.

[Exactly!]

Exquisite. Romulan ale is known throughout the galaxy.

Is it?

[This whole space thing is just mind-blowing.]

How large is the galaxy?

[Eh. It's old hat for Shinzon. Except for the part where he never got to go exploring. :(]

Enormous. Each galaxy holds thousands of planetary systems.

[Aw. Poor Shinzon. Judas polishes off his cup of wine and leans back in his chair a little.]

And how large is a planetary system?

[Oh, he smells a science lesson coming on. Shinzon leans back as well, lifting the jug to silently ask if Judas wants more.]

Earth's system consists of the sun and eight planets. Systems vary. Some have two suns; some have three. There can be few planets in orbit, or several. There was no consideration for the interstellar society where you come from?

[Judas nods and moves his cup closer to Shinzon.]

We didn't even know of an interstellar society.

[Shinzon pours, and tops off his own cup while he's at it.]

Scientists weren't looking to the stars, wondering what was out there?

[Judas shakes his head and starts in on his cup again.]

It was discouraged unless it was Greek. We had a few of our astrologers thrown into furnaces.

Greek? [Sounds messier than Romulus. At least the senate was vaguely subtle.]

Greece is a country across the sea from Judea. Known for their philosophy and science.

And they're the only ones allowed to explore the stars?

The Romans didn't approve of us exploring anything other than what was permitted.

[Judas really doesn't like Romans. Bring on the wine.]

[Oh, yes. More wine. Those Romans sound familiar.]

They sound like Romulans.

[Judas takes another swig.]

Are you subject to the Romulans as we were the Romans? They raped our country and kept us oppressed and living in fear.

[He'd like to go find Nero and stab him in the face at the moment. Instead, he takes another drink.]

I was made by them and then abandoned. They made slaves of my people. I spent my youth doing hard labor.

[Another drink.]

And then I organized a coup and took power. [And, you know. Killed the whole senate in agonizing fashion.]

[Oh my. Killing isn't really in Judas's style. But he takes a drink instead. He prefers to sit back and sing about his feeeeelings instead. No, he's not gay. Yet.]

You would get along with Simon.

[He's super gay. That, or he's a pussy. Shinzon demands courage! Or something.]

Who's Simon?

[Shinzon's more likely to get the 'or something' part.]

A fellow Apostle of mine. He was prone to rioting.

[And with that comes the memory of being arrested and interrogated. As such, he takes another drink. By this point, he's starting to feel a little but of a buzz, warmth in his face, and the unrelenting desire to cry or hate on something. His life sucks, right? He's dead, stuck on some prison ship where no one understands him. Baaaaaaaaw Judas.]

[Eh. Better than nothing. Shinzon arches an eyebrow.]

Was he successful?

[Bawww indeed. Poor guy. :(]

[Judas scrubs a hand over his face, feeling a little more world-weary than he remembered.]

Very.

[Shinzon watches, leaning against the desk.]

And what did he gain?

[Judas pauses a little, his brain is getting a little fuzzy and his lips loosening.]

Renown. He wanted to be known as the one who changed history. Half of Jesus's Apostles wanted that. Over half.

[Shinzon has no problem using alcohol to his advantage.]

But did he accomplish anything?

[Such a meanie. Judas presses a hand to his eyebrow, trying to clear his thoughts. He's not used to saying so much.]

He got me arrested, which made a few people happy.

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