The Dawn of a Union

[Johnathan Nox Carter]

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Grand Ramier - 1710 hours - 18 May 823

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As he was introduced to the General and the Kaigun, Henry could only smile politely - and when the Pope entered, he bowed towards him as well, in respect. He noticed the Pope's peculiar (to say the least) characteristics, yet he refrained from showing any reaction. He didn't wish to comment on them, since it wasn't his place to judge a book by its cover.

As he took a seat and carefully listened to LaFlamme's explanation of this meeting, the president nodded to himself a few times, basically agreeing to the general in silence. Yet, as the question of "what should be discussed first" presented itself, Henry took just a few seconds to arrange his words and replied:

"You seem to have thought quite a bit of this through already, General LaFlamme."

Before he could continue, however, the Kusarian Admiral stood up, so Corvin kept quiet to see what she would say. As he heard the Treaty of Curacao brought up, he realised he might be at a disadvantage, since he was currently representing the only party involved in the Treaty. Still, as Hitomi continued, he came to the conclusion this might not become an issue.

Once she ended her commentary, Henry stood up as well, and with a slightly humble face he responded:

"I will dare say that I speak in the names of all present here that it is an honour to be present at this meeting, Kaigun Taisho."
His eyes then shifted to a more general direction, in order for him to adress to all those at the table, and his face became stern.
"Indeed, the topic of mutual acknowledgement is, by all accounts, the most relevant at this point. We are all well aware of each others' presence in these regions - but there is no equality between awareness of something and knowledge of something.

As it is the only polite thing to do, I agree with allowing the Empire's representative to begin." He avoided stating she was a woman, for he assumed she does care for military pride, yet the gentleman in him had to allow her to proceed, if only to prepare the terrain for later.

With this last phrase, he retook his seat.

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