Brazen seemed to falter for a moment before recovering. "I-It was the talk of the town. I couldn't not hear about it on my way over!" she protested. Celestia merely nodded. Handy was too busy fuming to pick up on the subtext, not trusting himself to speak. Brazen cleared her throat to continue, "In any case, Baron Handy, I believe in order for these negotiations to bear any fruit, I am afraid Gethrenia, perhaps even the whole of Griffonia, needs to make a massive conciliatory gesture in order to help right these wrongs." She sat back and sighed. "Otherwise, I think this war that is so looming over all our heads is inevitable."