They are not friends, he and Londo. They never have been, and G’Kar can’t envision a universe in which they ever will be, not with all the blood that has been spilled between their peoples, not with all the atrocities the Centauri have visited upon the Narn. The only reason G’Kar helped Londo deal with Emperor Cartagia was that it would buy his people’s freedom; he owes Londo nothing for that.

Londo’s apologies are meaningless, they don’t reduce the suffering of G’Kar’s people by one iota, nor do they do anything to restore the Narn homeworld to what it was before the Centauri turned it into a wasteland. Londo’s respect is equally meaningless, unwanted, bordering on insult. G’kar endured what he did for the sake of his own people.

All that being said, and personal antipathy aside, there is merit in what the Centauri Ambassador proposes. Sheridan helped G’Kar and his people as much as he could, while earth refused to lift a finger to lend assistance when the Narn population was being decimated. If, now, the Narn and Centauri ambassadors both were to announce their support of Sheridan in a joint statement, it would be a powerful symbol for the other races, a sign that some things are important enough to be held above personal enmities. Sheridan is going to need all the support he can get as he sets out to free his world.

But G’kar will agree to sign the joint statement strictly on his own terms.


The End