Ptolomy was left absolutely stunned at Alexander's words, so much so that he just stood by the door like a statue, not even registering as Alexander rudely brushed past him.
The proud king was struck by the brutal words as he struggled to believe someone had disregarded his whole existence this brazenly- and in front of so many people!
No one had ever talked to him like that.
Even Pasha Farzah, the most powerful Pasha would at least put a certain curtain of humility in front of him… if not out of deference for him, then at least out of respect for his family and lineage.
Yet this time, a young man, a former slave, a foreigner, a man who had his status only by the grace of Ptolomy himself- such a small and lowly man had talked to him like he was not at all afraid of even the tiniest of consequences.
Ptolomy definitely saw the encounter as such and hence the latter's 'betrayal' made the vain king very angry.
