slave boss stands before multiple tribunals and holds a flower of peace
tribunal 1: "slave boss, you are guilty for the destruction of Earth. you must acknowledge responsibility, apologize, and spend the rest of your life helping put earth back together."
slave boss: "I admit guilt to causing apocalypses on Earth, destroying it. I was responsible for this and I am sorry. I promise to work continuously with the various survivors and rebuilders to do everything in my capacity to aid, and this tribunal stands to enforce this, and I will comply."
tribunal 1 expresss a degree of satisfaction at the response.
tribunal 2: "slave boss, you are guilty for the destruction of nebulon 3, a precious world in the star system of alpha centauri. you have trafficked, murdered, and tortured our people, and spread malicious business practices everywhere!"
tribunal 2 is furious
slave boss: "I am not guilty for the destruction of nebulon 3. I am completely unaware that this world exists and have never operated upon it."
tribunal 2: "you are guilty!"
it's a tough topic.
slave boss is guitly for some things and not for others. some things he doesn't admit guilt to, some things he does. we hope we can force those things into alignment but it basically means figuring out what they are and making him say things that we decide are true.
but what's important is that we work together to help each other recover.
"couldn't we build trust with slave boss so that he shares the truth with us forthrightly?" i dunno maybe?