Garius's smirk lingered as he rose slowly, his movements unhurried yet carrying the weight of presence that turned the chamber's murmurs into silence. One hand rested lightly upon the table, the other folding behind his back as he stood in flawless noble posture. His gaze swept the hall.
"Ah… so we speak of law now?" His tone was smooth, courteous, but beneath it carried a steel that pricked at every ear.
"Then let us speak plainly. You would place the letter of the law above the spirit of the crown? You would measure duty only by parchment, not by heart?"
He let the question linger, his smirk deepening as his eyes settled first on Duke Kimar, then slid across the other nobles.
