"Feeling better?... Yes... One could call it that way.", silent and to some of them very familiar voice was heard from the entrance.
Absolute silence again overwhelmed everyone in the Council Chamber.
Pedro Maniaco slowly stepped in and without any words spoken shook hands with all present Elders looking into their eyes for a long time. Most of them he knew, some faces were less familiar. OPG was back in the game, which was good, but there was not a single Elder from the Benitez family present which worried him a bit. Pedro could remember all the effort to finally bring peace and unity between the main Corsair groups.
He stopped at Ben Laowai. His uniform didn't show any signs of factionship. An independent Corsair but yet with access to the Council Chamber. Interesting, this man must have proved to be wise and skilled enough to be invited among the Corsair leaders. Ben's face was familiar but Pedro didn't know him personally. Maybe they just met on Cadiz, or maybe even in the Crete's bar. He wasn't sure, his memories were still clouded in some areas.
After he greeted everyone, Pedro walked to his chair which was still unused and sat down.
Then he finally broke the silence: "So anyone would mind to briefly summarize events that affected the Corsair Nation in the recent past to me?".
Pedro looked at Ben and continued: "Maybe and independent point of view would be a good start?"
