"Wait... they had the same... oh, no. That would be extremely bad," she said, shaking her head firmly. "That's like heaping the bad on the bad. Whatever my thoughts of sith philosophy, everything I know of that man is not good for anyone."

She could be rather forgiving of sith practice and philosophy, but Palpatine was an ass. "Most likely, the the blood bonds are themselves intentional at least by one party and more permanent, given the primacy of blood magic here. But we don't need to reach a judgment on it right now so much as figure out how to remove it from them. Have you had any luck thus far?"