The Royal Council

[The Celtic Viking]

"I may do so, Phormion, but I'm not sure. But thank you for your support, and you do remind me.

Yes, that's right: whether or not I will have to use it, and if I will if I have to, I will run for a third term as Chancellor."

Sarpedon turns to Andromachos.

"You are quite far away, and it would take time for you to get to it. I'm not sure it would be a good thing to have the 1st Parthian grounded until then. But it does need retraining and with the reputation it has gained I may have to accept what I can get anyway. Very well - but I will expect results this time. Use this opportunity to prove that you can be trusted again, and do not fail."

"Oh, and Nikanor, I didn't say it was leaderless, I said I needed to find a new leader. You haven't done the duty that was laid upon you, and that's the chief reason why I am, indeed, relieving you of the command: the battle was just the final straw."