Senator Alexios Este-Ravenna:
He ponders the words of Senator Aurelius. "A wise position indeed, senator. Are we to attend the Komnenoi meeting then? After the reception I received on the last such occasion I am unwilling to return to their company, hat in hand like a beaten cur. Nonetheless I can only speak for myself; and if the rest of the faction is set on attending the meeting then you have my acquiescence." He considers his next words carefully. "I cannot propose to lead this faction in absentia. Furthermore, to the vexation of my family, my son and successor has been inclined towards the White Demes, both by his... character and by the Synod's presence. Under such circumstances and given the demands of the Synod upon my family my conscience demands I resign from leadership of the Red Demes."
He ponders the words of Senator Aurelius. "A wise position indeed, senator. Are we to attend the Komnenoi meeting then? After the reception I received on the last such occasion I am unwilling to return to their company, hat in hand like a beaten cur. Nonetheless I can only speak for myself; and if the rest of the faction is set on attending the meeting then you have my acquiescence." He considers his next words carefully. "I cannot propose to lead this faction in absentia. Furthermore, to the vexation of my family, my son and successor has been inclined towards the White Demes, both by his... character and by the Synod's presence. Under such circumstances and given the demands of the Synod upon my family my conscience demands I resign from leadership of the Red Demes."