Trafalgar had been inside the main hall less than twenty minutes and had already forgotten the names of half the people who introduced themselves.
The first few had at least been expected. Lesser nobles tied to Morgain interests, merchant families with business in Euclid, military men who wanted to mention a shared campaign or a mutual acquaintance.
After that the reasons grew thinner. Some congratulated him on Myrrhvale without knowing what had happened there, while others asked careful questions about Valttair, Euclid or House Morgain and pretended they were asking about him.
He answered politely enough to avoid making trouble and briefly enough that nobody took it for an invitation to stay, which worked poorly.
