The Magnaura

[The Lemongate]

Anastasios is clearly losing his temper. His voice grows louder and his hands wave about to punctuate his speech.

This is a floor of debate. If there is no point in arguing, why should we even be here in the first place!

Senators, I am tired of this rhetoric. You are either blinding yourselves willingly to this man’s dishonesty – and do not make me get the charters of our House to prove it, or some of you actually have unmentionned accords with this man, which you should think about twice, seeing as he has already crossed a fine line between a simple change of heart and an odious betrayal!

Secondly, the willingness to gift land to the Emperor is commendable, but the Emperor has his own lands and his own armies. I would never act against him or deny him in any way as he is my Lord before God, but he has no need for the handful of pitiful mud houses that make up Durazzo! Some bright, up and coming Senators, on the other hand, who are not busied with the ruling of the greatest Empire our world has known, can devote all their time and attention to develop Epirus and gain position and status to enable them to lead imperial forces for the greater glory of the Empire and it’s Basileos!

Vindictive diplomacy is the action of cowards!

I would have Tagaris speak with me or Monomachos privately about this affaire, and we could all… answer for our actions and ambitions.

Surely Senators, you can see the validity of discussion this point between men, rather then rashly throwing about legislation!