While he completely understood the words coming out of Miles' mouth, Adrien still looked dubious about their intention. It just was hard to reconcile that line of reasoning with his own; even with the wider view his recent life experiences had afforded him.

"It's not just to plunder local resources and build up their own coffers?"

Because that was usually the motive behind one group trying to invade or secure the domain of another. A struggle as old as time and space itself.