Elder Ares snorted, but the man was in Annan's hands.
"I caught the killer, so I get to sit in on his interrogation. Any objections?"
Samael Night Song and Elder Ares both paused. It wasn't that the condition was too difficult. It was too easy.
"We have no objections," Samael Night Song said, making the decision. Elder Ares remained silent.
Annan turned and signaled for the Elf Captain to hand the killer over. "Don't let anything else go wrong. The Elven Royal Court really will become a laughingstock..."
Elder Ares wanted to argue, but the serious Expression on Annan's face left him speechless. He could only swallow his frustration.
He ordered the elves to take the Attacker back to the Dark Night Dungeon and keep him under strict guard.
"How do you plan to interrogate him?" Annan asked.
"We'll check him for curse magic, then ask Lord Emerald to examine his memories."
So the elves weren't quite that foolish.
Still, Annan followed them the entire way to be safe, never letting the Attacker out of his sight.
Samael Night Song came along too. He also wanted to ease the tension between Annan and Elder Ares.
"He means no harm. He's simply uncovered too many ugly things."
That didn't convince Annan. "Does he hate humans even more than Elder Theron does?"
"Ares's lover was abducted by a human monarch. After years of torture, she starved to death in a dungeon..."
"Really?"
"A thousand-year lifespan also means a thousand years of stories and pain," Samael Night Song said softly, quoting an elven poet.
Annan fell silent.
What Samael Night Song had told him was useful... So useful that when Annan next saw Elder Ares, his hostility was gone, replaced by a trace of sympathy.
Elder Ares had no idea what had happened