The Royal Court was assembled for the emergency and she couldn't afford to show any crack in the relationship between the Crown and their Supreme Magus. Too many people in the room shared Neforce's view about the non-human citizens of the Kingdom.
An argument between Lith and Sylpha would add arrows to their quivers, widening the divide in the Royal Court.
'The last thing we need is another internal struggle so soon after the War of the Griffons.' Sylpha thought. 'I noticed that for a while Verhen had lost his usual cool and I kept him out of politics because he was a liability.
'Yet recently he seemed to be back to his usual self. I don't understand why he's suddenly acting recklessly again.' The timing of the changes that the Queen had noticed matched with Solus leaving and returning.
She was now following Eryon far away, leaving Lith's mind unguarded and burdened by both her and his own resentment toward the city of Ne'sra.
