Long Chapter
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Ethan reached the entrance of the Great Hall just in time to hear the old geezers inside still arguing. The massive doors were half open, their voices echoing out into the courtyard, and he paused just outside the threshold instead of walking in right away.
He leaned against the doorway and listened.
They were still going on and on about the Council of Elders, speaking with the kind of solemn authority that only people who had long since stopped being useful seemed to possess.
Ethan waited patiently until they reached the part where they started praising the council itself.
That was when he couldn't hold back anymore.
In his eyes, the so-called Council of Elders was nothing more than a glorified nursing home. A useless institution put together by a group of washed-up relics who couldn't accomplish anything meaningful even if their lives depended on it.
With that thought in mind, Ethan finally walked in.
