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"There are many cogs that must mesh together before my son is abdicated." Nobuo said cooly, his eyes narrowed. He cast his gaze down to Minamino. "He knows everything, he knows who I am, as does most of my cabinet." He said, narrowing his eyes more at Dvořák. "Shimizu is a treacherous swine, and will soon learn his place."

Nobuo paused. "I hope that Mother-in-law of yours taught you some... discretion." Nobuo said coldly. "The fate of my people rests in the balance."

Minamino took a breath. "O mizu o kudasai.. Water please." He said, correcting himself, trying to pull himself back to his feet. "We tried to get Yosho to take the throne, and he refused." He said, pulling himself back to his feet after a few breaths.

Nobuo brought his gaze over to Þorgerður. "She was my first wife, Keiko." Nobuo answered. "She came here to flee the shogunate who made their attempts on my life the first time, as you know I have quite the habit of avoiding untimely death, a habit I share with a certain old woman." Nobuo chuckled at the joke, before he steeled his gaze once more.

"Every moment she remained incarcerated was an affront of the most gravest nature to the Taiyou Government, and was to be rectified immediately." There was a glimmer in the man's eye. "Unfortunately I mourn deeply for her passing, and seek to enter her life, including her imprisonment into the Ministry of Records."

The Emperor played his hands closely.

"She hid her identity to protect herself, and your world from certain doom."