"I…" Oliver frowned. "I have no idea? Perhaps you were unaware of the difficult situation we were in with Ferdinand, but this was simply the best solution."
"…And you choose the best solution, regardless of how the masses might perceive it? Regardless of the fact that you might be mocked, for daring to hold such a tournament? Were you not worried that people would accuse you of acting above your station, Ser? Forgive me for saying so, but the Patrick House is far from being one of standing. It feels wrong to say this aloud, given the history of your House, but its standing ought not to be much more than my destitute noble House… and yet…"
"Such things mean nothing, Yorick," Oliver said. "Perhaps that is a metric that the other nobles use to judge the worth of someone or something, but I hold to it no credence."
