The Empire of Reimia (3)

Moriner almost choked on his coffee from such an unexpected question, barely managing to suppress the surge of coughing. Instead, the liquid passed down his throat with a kind of sepulchral creak, burning his stomach, which had cooled during the journey, with unfamiliar warmth.
On the one hand, for his work to be of any use, the student had to be sincere with his teacher; on the other hand, he instinctively feared such friendly people. First, they greet you with a joyful smile, and then they use the same hand to send you to the firing squad.
-Hmm... in that work, I maximized the visible positive aspects of the relevant reforms, but I did not deem it necessary to pay sufficient attention to the analysis of possible negative factors, if any exist. In my personal opinion, any issue should be studied equally, but such an approach is rarely appreciated.