Romiel recounted the story he had heard without omitting a single detail.
In the end, he looked at the silent men and women before him and sighed with resignation, "You all knew this, so when my elder brother stepped out of the carriage, when he walked to the podium, he could never have imagined that the seeds sown by his forefathers would bear such bitter fruit after so much time."
"The military has now fully sided with Durin, sided with this man whom you cannot defeat, nor afford to lose to." Romiel looked at his uncle before him, feeling for the first time that this man was so unfamiliar.
"Why not control the military?"
"Because the military is our most reliable force against the nobles. The nobles have always been trying to infiltrate the military, attempting to change the future of this land bloodlessly by controlling the army. We must tolerate the military."
"Even if the military ultimately becomes a heartless monster."
