Once all the councilmen had taken to their seats, which took some time as each of them seemed to be adamant about making themselves seen, Lucius stood up to begin his report.
"First, I'd like to report on what Avankor and I have discovered while we w-"
"Why is our guest the first to speak in the war room? And firstly is this even the place for our guest to be reporting?" one of the council members interrupted, looking to several others for some sort of support.
"What?" Lucius couldn't help but blurt out. There was no way in hell that these creatures were going to pull stunts like these when their entire populace could be wiped out at any moment.
"I understand that you are unaware of our ways, but as a guest, you should have to decency to wait and observe," the councilman continued with a sort of obviously-fake politeness.
