Alcie did not have the time to reply to the blind man before the commotion around them distracted him. The Emperor really was dead! She had to turn away from the Empress, the family and the gladiator who seemed to be their guard, to keep them from seeing her smile. She may be a revolutionary but she wouldn't dare kill the Emperor, not so suddenly and with so little support for a revolution. She would not however weep over the loss, since this could probably be a good thing for the revolution or only make things worse for the gladiators.