Ray had no intention of stopping the "war."
Why should he care?
If these people wanted to fight, then let them fight to their heart's content.
He even pulled out a book and started reading.
Apart from collecting fuel, he had almost nothing else to do. So he wanted to enrich himself a bit—maybe self-study some mechanical automation. Later, combined with the software Celine had provided, he could retrofit the manor into a fully integrated surveillance-and-strike system.
He wasn't going to wai