As Draiss provides his encouragement, and likely similarly demoralizing influences to their opponent, the tone of the meeting quickly changes. Their words are as pleasant as always, but as the lion man gains confidence, the diplomat grows more and more flustered, and it's plan to see that he's not even sure why. As it seems that things are going particularly south for him, and it looks as if everything he'd negotiated for, so far, is about to be lost, he calls a break in the conference, claiming that he's suddenly feeling overly warm, and needs some fresh air, all but fleeing from the room.<br/><br/>"Well, that certainly went better than I ever expected."