Sael was struck with shock at the Patriarch's response. He had tried to think of all possible responses to the matters of the imminent doom of the continent.
He had thought up different scenarios, and yet this one did not fail to hand him over his balls of surprises.
The air, the dark chamber—everything was silent after the Patriarch's question. All he had said to the news that the entire continent might as well be nearing its end was… "so?"
Aloof didn't even begin to describe it; this was a level four apathy. The man did not share an iota of concern for the matters they tabled before him.
They were like a mini version of the Empire: ruthless, uncaring for the state of the continent they sat on, selfish.
It was a good thing that this was not the only path they were asked to take. Thalen had particularly told him something to say, who to ask for in this case. It was why he volunteered to go to the Kageyama clan instead of Annette herself.
