Council of the Corsair Elders

[Carlos_Benitez]

"Skyelius. Today you have brought shame to this council. Not only have you manipulated and twisted the words of it's members, you have reduced these hallowed halls to a den of petty insults.
Not I, Zavier, or any member of my family agreed to your restructuring. It is an insult to us, as an organisation, to be treated as so inferior to the Brotherhood.
The Benitez bloodline is a small one. Our organisation, created in the memory of Juan-Santigo Alvarez became powerful and offered not friendship but unbreakable brotherhood with our members. You'll be hard pressed to find a Benitez member who was, or who's ancestors where adopted into this family. The word "recruitment" became replaced by "adoption". Our desire to embrace all Corsairs who join our cause as family, is now being used by the Brotherhood to ensure our submissiveness to them.
With Skyelius' actions, he might-as well have taken a match and burned this hall to the ground. This chamber once stood for honour and mutual respect, but now stands for little more than Brotherhood autocracy.

I leave this meeting with little hope that you will ever reach a resolution. Your arrogance has cast us away, and will be your undoing. You accuse us of dishonor and then allow this sort of slander to take place in these chambers? The Brotherhood have lost the respect of our organisation, and our extended families that shall today receive the word that they will not be returning to Crete. "

And, as they he had entered, Carlos left the chamber with Zavier at his side. The holographic image flickered, and then disappeared. Short buzzing was heard from the emitter, which fused.

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