"Why are you all staring at me like frightened chickens? Boy, I only come out of seclusion for a day in a year, and I would rather not spend most of it here. Get your butt over here, or you won't like it when I come down there…"
In the silence that followed the woman's statement, not even the sound of anyone breathing was heard from the room in which the King and his sovereigns were present.
Even the Head seemed to have been muted, because even though he looked like he was struggling, the sounds that had been coming from him before could no longer be heard.
As the woman continued to say this, the sovereigns finally broke out of their shock and looked like they were about to vehemently protest what was obviously a false accusation.
Yet…they all promptly shut their mouths when an urgent voice was heard in their minds.
