As the results of the vote sunk in, the council members that had voted against Marcus rejoiced.
Certainly, they had not won, but in some ways, this was better for their cause since it would put this decision in limbo for quite some time.
"Well, this certainly was unexpected." Chairwoman Naeris said with a mystified look on her face.
"Now seeing these results does the one councilor that has abstained wish to recast their vote?"
With the vote being completely split, Naeris was looking towards the one ice elf that had refused to vote.
Of course, it was their prerogative to do so, and this did happen on occasion, but not normally when the vote mattered immensely.
Yet the one councilor who had not voted still refused to do so even after being given a second chance.