It was not long after Bruno had concluded his meeting with the Kaiser and the German Chancellor that the left-wing and moderate party members of the Reichstag had gathered inside the building.
Though it was long after official hours, they were here for a single reason: to show solidarity and support for one another in the face of the Conservative Bloc's long-term hegemony and the Kaiser's supposed transgressions against the constitution. Or at least, their perception of such acts.
These weren't monarchists or traditionalists. They had no love or loyalty to the Kaiser or the fatherland. They were socialists in disguise—flanked by classical liberals and nameless dissidents, bound together only by their shared contempt for throne and tradition..
