[The moment the woman moves Dimitri pivots, hand raised to strike.

She doesn't lurch forward, so he flings his arm to the side.]

You are mad! Do you really think that your crimes are somehow less wicked because your tactics differed!? You killed fathers and sons and families and trampled over livelihoods to force your sense of justice onto anyone who refused it!!

I did not hear one mention of diplomacy with the Church in your story. Did you not even try!?