Evian couldn't care less about some council. That was not his matter to deal with. The one he had come for was in front of him. Their bodies separated by a mere few feet that he could easily traverse if he pleased but when he took the first step, he wondered if that was wise and stopped.
It would do no good to make a scene here. Not with no one in the room knowing the context of their relationship and also, despite the look in her eyes that told him Daria was every bit as inclined for a private conversation as he was, she was trying her best to remain stoic which told that there were important, official matters at hand for her to take care of.
He froze in the middle of taking a step and stopped to take it back. Daria saw every bit of this sequence and she let out a secret sigh of relief before turning her eyes and attention squarely on Dolan who was frowning deeply at the news she had just delivered.