Council of Britain and Ireland

[Zim]

The English representative stands up, looking oddly happy, as if pleased with what he would finally be allowed to say:

Sir, I am rather surprised you have the gall to say such a thing. It was you you marched your soldiers into my territory. It was you who threatened to slaughter innocent peasants unless your demands were met. England has only behaved as reasonably as can be expected. We not only have a diplomat under way to your cities, but the King's very own youngest daughter en route.

We send men to guard our border because you seem to us unstable and violent. They have not penetrated your boundaries, as your soldiers have ours. We desire peace and are only too happy to strike a deal to preserve the people of the town you so rudely threaten. We will even offer guarantees or a treaty of nonaggression. However, we will not draw back defensive forces. If you are too unreasonable to allow this, then let the council be aware that it was Welsh aggression that started this war, not English.