A gentle nod professed Ammiel’s approval that they would join her immediately. With the full two hour window able to be taken advantage of, she wondered whether it would be wise to discuss the upcoming plan with Salem early. His was a name already firmly set on the list of those she would enlist. Though perhaps letting both of Aurae’s pillar gentleman leave at once could be a poor move, she wants Felspar to have someone he can fully trust available during this all too important mission. With these thoughts in mind, it startled her to hear that Salem was previously intending to request leave. In some ways she ought to be thankful to the youth and fate for slowing the undesirable possibility.
Turning briefly to lay eyes on the culprit of the damage, she did not perceive the true viciousness of vile intent. Understandable upset of emotions and a poor control of frustrations perhaps. Salem’s words on the boys behalf confirmed and strengthened her resolve that this was not a matter of serious criminality, though she could not truly accept placing the weight of responsibility on Salem’s shoulders. There was only one individual that she would place the blame on for the negative atmosphere currently gripping Aurae, and it was certainly not Salem. In her opinion it was good of him to try and fight for what he believed was best. The fact that she had won out over her brother even with such strong opposition made for convincing evidence that the position was truly meant for her. It was the will of the Goddess that had brought her to this position, and he had helped make that clear.
Ammiel was thinking of simply letting the boy off with a warning, but Salem’s idea was a perfect one - that way the boy could see the effort that went into creating such things so that he would think twice about destroying something similar in the future. She had faith that Salem had already given the boy a talking to, but she believed that she ought to add her own words. The boys attempt to prematurely escape showed for her that he did in some way feel bad for it. Those not at all remorseful would try to talk their way out of anything or add further insult she would imagine. After entering the throne room, she stopped partway up the carpet approaching the throne, purposefully parallel to the broken glass, and turned to face her guests. “Salem is correct; destruction of treasured images of the Goddess has been known to earn fairly severe punishment. However, taking into account that neither I nor any below were harmed, I believe what Salem suggested will be an adequate punishment for a first offense.” Her eyes glistened lightly as she allowed for a soft smile to escape. “I understand the frustrations that have led you to do something so violent.” The smile then gave way to a more serious composure. “But in the future I might suggest finding better outlets for frustration or methods of fighting for beliefs than destruction of property. Even if harm had come to me, it would not have helped to right the balance.” That was the extent of the words she had to offer the boy, so she raised a hand and bowed her head slightly to invite Salem to release him.
As she wished to speak in privacy, she waited for the boy to leave before addressing Salem. “I would not be comfortable placing the weight of wrongs not your own onto your shoulders, especially considering that I see no error in your actions.” Making her way to the throne and taking a seat, she folded her hands in her lap while being cautious to maintain proper posture. “The current unrest is unfortunate, but not entirely dependent on your actions.” As she thought of the citizens of Aurae, her gaze wandered to the broken window. “You do not have to worry about shielding them, but you may feel free to join the extra patrols I will be putting into place to hopefully diffuse violence before it begins. I intend to bend towards leniency except for in cases where serious harm is caused. I understand what troubles them and will be looking into ways of calming the people without treating them as criminals.” Turning her eyes back to Salem she decided to leave further explanation of what she would do in Aurae for the meeting and move on to what she wished to inform him about. “I will be calling a council meeting this evening to discuss the next course of action, set in place courtesy of Felspar, to secure the future of Aurae and better manage the unrest. I expect that you will be in attendance as always. There I will go into detail what the task entails, but briefly stated it will be a small operation on Earth, and I need those I can trust to carry it out.” Though she knows he hardly has her back, in doing what is best for Aurae she would not doubt him for a second. “Felspar believes this is the way to restore the balance and let us repair the damage to Aurae. I will be requesting for you to take part in this venture, and I hope you will consider it well.” That made two angels that she was confident in sending, the rest required a bit more thought, or perhaps a subtle test.