For once, there was a meaningful reaction not limited to veiled looks and annoyed snorts.
Flickers unfolded among the representatives, with even the silent, cloaked branching expert from the Assassins Guild paying slightly more attention to Priest Fred.
There clearly was something there, be it fear that Liam's claim could ruin the just-sealed agreement or political issues between the Guilds and the Church. Still, Liam didn't care about any of that, his gaze remaining fixed on Priest Fred, whose reaction had everyone beat.
Priest Fred's smile vanished, his face growing cold and emotionless as he matched Liam's feral stare, and he wasn't alone. The two rooting experts from the Church sitting some distance away had also voiced loud gasps, seemingly avoiding snapping only out of respect for the representatives.
'He knows,' Liam realized at that reaction. 'Priest Elmer should have known, too. Maybe Priest Eustace was even aware of the hidden laboratory.'
