If Naviin hadn't been so blinded by rage and the vicious sting of defeat, if he hadn't been so on edge by using all his energy to keep himself just civil enough, if he hadn't been a Prince and instead was a King, he might have seen the insidious suggestions hidden in Minas' writings and demanded a different handling of the cure...<br/><br/>If Tamlin had been offered the papers to read, he might have noticed the tiny details about the medicine, he might have realized the damning potential, and he might have sought to appeal for a fairer interchange of knowledge, to at least give the elves a chance at autonomy...<br/><br/>But it was done, and the Demons would have everything they wanted.<br/><br/>The Dark Elves waited for Minas's answer, and each reacted differently when it was recieved: Vuren and Riasa merely nodded, while the Princes froze.  Naviin's eyes snapped immediately from the Demon Queen to Ranuk, disbelief the first expression to cross his scarred face.  It transformed into a scathing stare, seething and poisonous at the immense insult he felt.  Handing his brother over to the Demon who had mutilated him, had defeated him and sprayed his blood on the mountainside...<br/><br/>Tamlin held no anger, but he too was shaken as he cast his gaze to Ranuk, like he was truly seeing the Demon for the first time that day.  Somewhere deep, perhaps he had suspected, had known...  He had ignored any gut feeling, but he was now having to face it.  He couldn't help it as his eyes followed the lines of the Demon's horns, his great claws, his bone-crushing teeth, and he also couldn't help but think of Naviin's damaged face.<br/><br/>It was seconds, but they felt like eons.  Ranuk made an animalistic sound of agreement, in answer to the Queen's decisions, and that was the end of it.  Riasa smiled in return to Minas's, motioning for the lawman to come forward from his corner.  "Of course.  I imagine you would like to retire and get settled in.  The feast will not be held until late, so you and yours may rest for a while, if you so choose."