"Games, Hod. My time is short, and perhaps the boy's is even shorter. If you have something to say, speak it," Skullic said impatiently.
"You seem to forget that I am a Minister when you address me, Skullic," Hod said.
"And you seem to forget that I am a General when you address me, Minister," Skullic replied, towering over the smaller man in his weighty armour. Even though Hod was dressed in nothing but the plainest cloth, he didn't seem intimidated in the least.
The Minister of Logic smiled. "Even when our interests align, you give no ground, do you? Well, I suppose I shall stop pushing for now. Your irritating ways aside, there's a man who is being considerably more irritating as of late. I come bearing a warning, just in case you might have missed it."
"The warning was the letter itself, was it not?" Skullic said. "Or do you believe that I wouldn't have received it."
