0. We have been forced to take refuge inside the [cdb]palace, exactly as Claude wanted.
1. And now comes the siege. When do you think [cdb]they'll send over an envoy?
2. It'll be hilarious if it turns out they really do want to [cdb]occupy the capital.
3. I seriously doubt that's what they want, but maybe we [cdb]should send word to the western front, just in case?
4. That's not a bad idea. If we are willing to lose a little [cdb]ground over there, we should be able to spare some [cdb]troops.
5. And perhaps it is time to alert the other lords of the Kingdom as well...
6. I have a report, Your Majesty.
7. What is it? Has Claude sent his envoy?
8. No. The Federation army appears to have withdrawn.
9. Wait, what? There's no way they'd do that!
10. They almost had the entire capital surrounded! All they had to do was keep fighting just a [cdb]little longer!
11. Their camps are already deserted. They seem to have [cdb]left for the port in Fraldarius.
12. Their retreat appears to have been a hasty one. They abandoned quite a significant amount of [cdb]supplies at their camps.
13. So what's their game? Are they trying to make us [cdb]think they've pulled out so they can lure us into a [cdb]trap?
14. They were already in a position to win without such [cdb]artifice. I haven't the slightest idea what this is meant [cdb]to accomplish.
15. Something must have happened in Leicester. That is [cdb]the only reasonable explanation.