Your Edict is of no personal concern to me. I will be marching with my Lord, Comes Aleksios ek Ikoniou, towards whatever target the Basileus believes we should attack. The House of the Tagamata is above all else loyal to the Basileus and we will happily leave military strategy up to his wise counsel.

In any case, I seem to have made an error of law. I made my previous comments on the assumption that the Basileus could implement what you said even without the Edict. However, I forgot that Durazzo has no walls and that Senators are free to ride wherever they please, regardless of the wishes of the Megas. As such, various interested Senators could indeed do just ask you warned even though the Basileus would desire otherwise. Your Edict is therefore necessary to ensure that imparitality and fairness are applied to the conquest of that settlement.

I humbly apologize for my error, I will prove the sincerity of this statement by seconding Edict 1.9. I also urge the Basileus to provide Senator Tagaris with at least some small force. It would be a true shame to see such an honorable man fall in battle.