Aran's mind was going a hundred miles a second, thinking of what he could do to escape this situation unscathed, he needed to think of all possibilities, a impossible they would sound, he needed to think of everything if he wanted to escape with his life intact. However he snapped at attention as soon as he heard the commander's voice and while it wasn't directed towards him, he had every right to be at least a bit nervous about the situation.

The two knights, following Botrelle's orders, positioned themselves at both sides of the door and stood there like two glorified guards. He didn't have the time to think about it for too long as she waited for him to enter the room. As soon as he did, she closed the door and went towards her seat, directing Aran to his own. His seat looked so simple in comparison the commander's own, he assumed it was her way of showing superiority towards anyone that might visit her office.

As soon as they seated themselves, he expected her to release his laryngeal nerves as soon as they did, but she did not do it, instead, she started arranging her paper for a while, then went for her tablet to write something on it. He knew what this meant, again, by ignoring him she showed how little he meant towards her, or rather, that's what he thought.

After a few more moments, she finally released his muscles from her grip. His expression did not change at all, still sporting the same smile, despite the situation at hand. Then, she finally spoke to him and she asked what was expected, she asked him if he was either stupid or suicidal for having divulged such information and then she rather openly threatened him... none of these had their intended effect, or so he assumed.

"It is neither, my lady, it was simply forgetfulness." he replied. "I forgot how naïve many people still are, I forgot that quite a lot of people still believe that Erubesco is a proponent of chivalry and equality and all that, I forgot that unlike myself, many people do not know the true rotten core of people of this nation, people with no actual morals of any sort or any care for anything other than their own image and so, I thought that everyone there at the table knew about what was actually going on... especially the two star knight you've got at the door, I thought that by now, they would've seen everything... alas, it seems they did not." he sighed, he had spoken without thinking, instead of following his plans, he had followed his instincts and said what came to his mind first.

"Say, my lady, since I am probably doomed to prison for life... at best, I wish to ask you something, what is your opinion of the current situation of Erubesco?" he asked, and while he knew that the odds of her answering truthfully were low, that was not the intention of his question, his intentions were to read the woman in front of him, to read her expressions, anything that might betray any information to him, something that could maybe give him any bit of leverage towards her, anything that might allow him to continue living a long life. "Are you opposed to it, or are you as rotten as the rest of the people in charge?"