"THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!" the loudmouth hero howled as if all injustice had fallen upon him at once. His voice struck the stone and came back thinner, more shrill, the kind of sound that made already frayed nerves grate. Feeling completely humiliated by the fact that he was not only captured, tortured and even disregarded as weak and hopeless by both his enemy and his allies, he had no say nor leeway in deciding matters while Titania is here. The raw welt marks along his wrists spoke every time he gestured. The bruising around his eyes said the pain had not taught him anything.
"You will shut up, and do as you are told." Titania spoke. Her words no longer had the usual nonchalant air that came with her more than five centuries of age. The weight was different now. The casual iron was gone. She looked very annoyed and ready to detonate at any given time. The air around her had that sharp taste right before lightning lands. And Ludwig knew the reason for it.
