I actually like this scene a lot. I thought it was quite a climactic scene that reveals the Gen that we know from the previous books is truly still there - and he hasn't turned into the pathetic king everyone thought he was.
I must admit I didn't understand it the first time I read it, but what Gen said in the end to Sejanus was revealing enough: that he was doing this to destroy the Erondites House because it was too powerful. I thought it was reason enough. Plus, we know Sejanus hasn't been exactly the good guy before.
I think you are right in saying Gen tried to avoid killing anyone because he hates it, and the only way to destroy the House besides killing everyone in it is to politically exile them with valid reasons.
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Date: 8/3/06 02:38 am (UTC)I must admit I didn't understand it the first time I read it, but what Gen said in the end to Sejanus was revealing enough: that he was doing this to destroy the Erondites House because it was too powerful. I thought it was reason enough. Plus, we know Sejanus hasn't been exactly the good guy before.
I think you are right in saying Gen tried to avoid killing anyone because he hates it, and the only way to destroy the House besides killing everyone in it is to politically exile them with valid reasons.