Aleksios enters the Magnaura.

I am displeased that matters in the Hippodrome failed to resolve the issue of Scopia. However, I will not let a tainted race decide the matter. I had hoped a bit of sport would have saved us from a interminable amount of legal squabbling but I guess nothing on Earth can get between a Lawyer and his pound of flesh.

Aleksios seems a bit resigned to his fate.

Therefore, I want a summation in the Magnaura from both Senator Manouelitis and Senator Tagaris on why each of them is entitled to Scopia. I invite them to peruse the records and reference them to aid their claim. A cursory review of the minutes shows that Scopia has been exchanged more often than a whore at the docks.

Each Senator is allowed one speech to stake their claim and then one rebuttal to the other's originial case. I will then decide who has the better claim.