After Rham and Hugo walked away, I just watched people for a while to pass the time. On this balcony it was mostly military personnel, though there were several groups of clearly well off nobles.
There was even a male Sepiida in high ranking military garb that piqued my interest, but not enough to go over and talk to the man. I just hid in the closest thing there was to a corner and waited patiently.
I kept hearing over the crowd techno-mechanics calling out countdowns until the King began his speech. Once five minutes were left to go, I felt a knot in my stomach as I looked out at the crowd below us.
They were quite a way down, but when I looked, I could still pick out faces. The roar of their cheers and yells had long become background noise.
"You look like you are going to be sick." A girly voice suddenly called out from behind me. I turned around and became confused for a moment before looking down.
