The Imperial Box went silent the moment Erling entered it. He was carried on a litter by two soldiers from the Clan of the Great Claw, wearing increasingly familiar emerald green and midnight blue harlequin gambesons, who moved dutifully at the direction of the petite, horned squire, Emmie.
Tybal Aleese folded his arms across his chest and pointedly turned away from the fallen 'champion.' For a moment, Peigi looked like she intended to say something, but the words caught in her throat when her eyes fell on the bandages wrapped around his body.
Dirar, however, saw no reason to hold back his enthusiastic welcome, and while most in the Imperial Box went quiet, Dirar responded with a slow, deliberate clap.
