At the moment he can sympathize, but not empathize! He imagines it would be awful. The closest he's come is some angst about whether his loyalty really counts because it's been conditioned into him, and deciding that okay, maybe the Empire does have flaws, but it's because the rebels have corrupted it because the Empire wasn't vigilant enough against them.

brainwashing is a hell of a thing

also herp derp I commented with my Lucien journal at first ignore that