Khan didn't believe for a second that his speech had moved the noble families. That gathering reeked of politics, and it wasn't hard to guess which.
Obviously, the noble families had more evolved assets at their disposal, but sending a few of those, probably one per family, especially after Khan's speech, would look like an act of goodwill rather than something they had been forced to do.
That probably was the reason why the response had been so immediate. It was to prevent Khan from relying on his usual disastrous and overbearing leverage to acquire those evolved assets and deploy them on the battlefield.
Of course, Khan had never planned to do that. His speech had been genuine. He would rather have fewer, willing warriors than a higher number of disloyal mercenaries.
Yet, the noble families didn't know that, so they had seized the initiative in what looked like a public stunt rather than an actual effort to help in the war.
