Isha, I’m not even sure why I’m addressing this to you: fundamentally you, Mizhara, and Chakaid are all on the same side in this.
See, Samira Kernher was, up to now, a wonderful anomaly, a highly-principled freed slave and orthodox Amarrian Matari, looked up to by many, seemingly, on both sides of the war: honorable, knowledgeable, forthright. Someone both sides could admire, and did.
Now, her having sponsored an attack by Matari militants on Amarrian soil, that becomes … harder. Samira had her choice of allies in this. Choosing Mizhara allows militant Reclaimers in the Empire to paint even the most upstanding freed Matari as unreliable friends, unable to set aside their blood ties to the most violent elements of the Empire’s enemies.
A person upheld as a paragon of Ammatar potential and a rare point of common ground is now in such disgrace that PIE feels it has to sever itself from her completely. This may set back efforts to improve conditions for her kin in the Empire by years, and will likely have knock-on effects for recent converts such as Utari Onzo or allied heathens like myself.
This to the delight, I expect, of not only Sub-Baron Chakaid, but also of Matari extremists such as Mizhara and yourself. Better to have an “honest” enemy who “shows its true face,” yes?
Well played to Sub-Baron Chakaid, I’m exceedingly sorry to say.