He thanked mother high heaven that he was here to explain the situation away, things could have gone worse in his absence. His subordinates weren't transcendents so they didn't know the history of the tradition only that it is a tradition.
"You have such an impressive son." He praised.
"Of course." She said with pride, but her mind was on something else. The prank gave her an idea of how to manage the trouble that was her eldest son. She just had to find something that Soverick was afraid of and she would be able to grasp a weakness of his. The failure of the earlier prank also made her realize that finding that weakness would be difficult.
Another officer joined in on the conversation. He complimented "Your son must be iron-willed or has not inherited the fear."
