So were those leaders still executed, or did that tyrant get killed before he could hurt them? [ He does not miss a beat, piecing together what she's saying almost as quickly as the words reach his ears. But... slaves and rebuilding a world? Doesn't sound too far off from what he's seen. ]

I think they'll be fine. The tyrant's dead. [ Sure, there's a power vacuum and a lot of people died, but they can move on, right? They're free, right? ] I've seen people rebuild from worse.