[Well it's not his fault his world is still stuck on monarchies deciding everything!!! But hmm. This thing with laws and back hand dealings was really more complicated than he could predict.]

I will admit, I've used some of my own money to pay back some of the people relinquishing their stardust. For most of them that is their main concern, even if they believe us on how dangerous it is. It's letting me stop some of the violence, but I don't really know any other way to convince them to hand it over peacefully.