"Alright, that's enough!" one of the councilmen growled, rising from his seat so aggressively that the chair toppled. "What makes you think you think you have a right to criticize us, you traitor? You would sooner see us fall to ruin than you would help the Council, or even the people we try so hard to protect!" Maximilian said nothing. He was interested to see how Garrick would go about this.