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Aerta knelt down to pray, but also so she could look Krakas in the eye. 

"I shall pray with you, but first, was there anything which might have set him off? If he's been this aggressive all his life, then aggression alone cannot be the reason he went off. Was there something you were doing to keep him calm which you didn't do when he started this rebellion? Even if it's something very small, it might have put him just over the edge, even if he wasn't aware of it either. My sons were like that when they were teenagers, especially Veax. Life often has a way of sending thing our way in a domino effect, after all." 

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Kali heard a commotion coming from Rughoi and a messenger. She heard something about Merat, but had no idea what he could have done to make the self-appointed emperor fly into such a rage.