Nothing at all. That's how it's come to this. Of course the code was a ridiculous sham, but wars that last centuries don't do so without periods of recuperation for both sides.

Not that I'd call what's happening right now a war. It involves less than a dozen people, some of whom have been trying very hard up until now to cooperate. Sometimes they may not see us as human, but they do see us as people. Some of us used to be human. It's all very dramatic.