Anthony lamented, "Yeah, he saw you. What should we do now? I didn't expect him to act so quickly. Why didn't you cover yourself back then?"
"I... I..." The Great Speaker wanted to say that he hadn't reacted in time, but something felt off. Anthony's words didn't seem like lamentation but more like shirking responsibility.
But upon further thought, Anthony indeed had no responsibility here. Things happened so quickly that even he didn't have time to react. Surely, it couldn't be Anthony's fault for not covering for him, right?
Resigned to his bad luck, the Great Speaker said, "No, I have to go back and oversee it. Hurry, lift my prohibition."
Anthony looked a bit troubled and said, "But... you're a captive."
The Great Speaker snapped angrily, "You're still messing around at a time like this!?"
"No, what I mean is, you're a captive—you have to break it yourself," Anthony said.
Ange tilted his head and said, "No..."
