Ves was supposed to speak at this time.
If everything proceeded according to expectations, then this was supposed to be the time where he announced a proxy vote distribution that would cause one of the plans to get ejected from consideration.
Yet instead of allowing him to announce his decision in front of the entire assembly hall, the Polymath behaved in a highly atypical manner and broke the rules of this voting session by speaking out of turn!
For a moment, everyone became paralyzed as they couldn't process what had just happened.
They couldn't process the fact that the Polymath of all people had made this seemingly impulsive decision!
"Pardon, Your Excellency?"