Benjac looked away so as not to see his father, and Teraz could only sigh. He didn't want to see his two sons fighting each other in a war, but now it seemed inevitable.
"Young Mart Sevec, I hereby formally present you with the letter sent by the Republican Council."
Mart smiled again; he immediately realized that the demon standing before him was nothing more than a coward who was shifting responsibility for the letter's contents onto the entire Republican Council—but that only made Mart want to kill him even more.
Mart took the letter and used his "Perception of All Things"; then, upon realizing there was no danger, he opened the letter and once again sensed a presence coming from the direction of the capital of the Argariz Republic.
Mart read the contents of the letter; it was essentially a resolution accusing him of various crimes, including rebellion against the Republic...
