The field had descended into chaos.
Thousands of military personnel stood frozen, cameras broadcasting to billions, reporters struggling to process what they'd just witnessed.
The Director of the Military Police declaring war on the Imperial Council.
Portal defenses across the world about to collapse.
A civil war ignited over the life of one seventeen-year-old boy.
But among the chaos, the three SS rank beings stood completely still for some time.
Then they began speaking at speeds that made the sound itself struggle to keep up.
To everyone watching, they appeared perfectly still, not even their lips moving.
"Sage."
The Chairman's voice emerged, carrying weight that pressed against reality itself.
"I don't understand any of this."
His hands clenched at his sides.
"Why didn't you intervene? Why did you allow the situation to reach this point when you could have stopped it?"
His voice gained edges, frustration bleeding through the careful control.
