NIKOLAI observed as Abigail Barlowe, the Royal Archmage, heal the severely injured members of the Twelve Golden Families.
[Yes, they'll be fine.]
Count Sean Dankworth wasn't hurt, but he was already asleep again– on the dirty floor. Hence, Marquis Lawford Gibson was busy waking the count.
[Those two haven't changed at all.]
"Your Majesty, the Black Hawk Knights are already stationed both outside of the courthouse and around the plaza," Rufus Quinzel reported to him. "I will personally escort Your Majesty and the entire Royal Family."
Right.
His Paladins were still scattered because of the tasks that Neoma gave them.
[I lent Neoma my power over my Paladins, after all.]
Anyway, he let the people know earlier that he would come out and personally greet them with his family. But they couldn't come out of the courtroom right away because there were still some things that they needed to do first.
