The face of the Duke remains unimpressed. "Open rebellion is the least of my worries, in fact, I welcome it. Rebels rally around a figure head, so much easier then to decapitate it."

Tirantine contemplates briefly "Those questions will fall under the jurisdiction of the Investigatory branch of the Arbites, not so? I know a high ranking officer there. This will also give us the chance to take flowers to our ex- muscle mongrel" Ending his sentence with a very, very slight smirk.