Oh my, do I detect a glimmer of a sense of humour? I think I may faint from the shock.
[She's amused, either way. At least Sorrow isn't under any delusion about the gods' public relations ratings.]
More seriously, I would suggest revoking their network access, monitoring them, and refusing to transact with them. It may seem tame, but sending them home only reduces the amount of people you can take emotion from and it rewards bad behaviour. Punishing them severely only turns the population against you further, whereas showing mercy when the Null would show none gives you a chance to improve people's perception of you, even if the improvement is only minor.
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[She's amused, either way. At least Sorrow isn't under any delusion about the gods' public relations ratings.]
More seriously, I would suggest revoking their network access, monitoring them, and refusing to transact with them. It may seem tame, but sending them home only reduces the amount of people you can take emotion from and it rewards bad behaviour. Punishing them severely only turns the population against you further, whereas showing mercy when the Null would show none gives you a chance to improve people's perception of you, even if the improvement is only minor.