Harkam's mind wanders a lot. He is usually thinking about other things instead of focusing on the meeting. He will say it is because the meetings are slow and boring. This meeting had the potential to be exciting when Stelios came and the possibility of a public execution hung in the air. It quickly became apparent that he wouldn't get his wish so he became distracted. Then he noticed that one particularly odd god is not attending this meeting.
It is one thing for the god of fate to not bother with meetings during the time of peace but they are in times of war and yet the god of fate is still not attending the meeting. Harkam couldn't help to marvel at the audacity. Of course, he had to marvel outwards not within his mind. That's why he spoke out about the god of fate's absence.
