The information that Meesei presented bore so much weight that no one in the council was anything more than frozen and speechless for an awkward while. There were so many questions to ask that merely thinking about one gave rise to another.

The first to cut through the silence was none other than Darahil. He had not moved an inch from his position, hands weaved on the table and his slightly angled head showing no emotion. "Did you discover anything further about this gas? How long does it take to work and did you manage to salvage a sample?"

All of the council members stopped their lost glancing at each other and refocussed on Meesei again.