The council assembled with varying levels of dubiousness. They were all used to Meesei's pack departing and arriving in short order these days, but the urgency of the meeting seemed unusual. They were aware that Meesei's latest mission was to collaborate with the Empire and Dominion to catch a fugitive. The mood in the meeting set everyone to remain quiet.

"Well, now that we are all here, I bid you welcome home, champion," Vera said. "I will admit openly that I'm not sure what to make of a meeting on such short notice for your mission. I would suspect something to have gone wrong, yet...you didn't give that off when you asked me to come to the meeting room." She gestured a hand. "Would you please fill us in?"

"Have those Dominion curs finally found an excuse to toss us away?" Oswall asked, brash as ever.