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He listened as Adam explained the situation.

A pit formed in his stomach as Adam explained in detail his situation.

"Okay, shit, wait let me think, fuck, wait, give me a second"

It was... bad(?), okay it [i][b]was[/b][/i] bad, potentially catastrophic? it was a complicated situation at least. Leaking information during a situation like this was a terrible fucking idea, but maybe the enemy would think it was a deliberate attempt? Not a chance. It was [i]fucking Saladin[/i], there were rumors the guy slept in his closet while a double slept in his bed with an eye open. 

This...

If the enemy knew they knew then the timetable was fucking accelerated into the stratosphere. Forget 10 days they could be plotting to attack right now!

There were also other concerns.

How could he protect Adam from possible inside retaliation? Logically he should go with a slap on the wrist, anyone important knew he punched above his weight class and that would be invaluable once the barriers fell but what about the fill and rank? He needed to shift the blame but how? He needed to attack the problem from the beginning, what was the origin of the problem - Adam sent a message, okay that was the origin but not the root of it, the root was - that the Witch Queen was aware of his party messages.

His eyes narrowed.

Was the Witch aware of [i]all[/i] messages or just those of his party?

There was an angle there, he casted his attention back to when they opened the message.

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Fear was not an emotion Zigmund Mugba-Zarack was familiar with but in HER prescence? He was terrified.

He needed to distract himself, Lucy!, he should- no, he was panicking, acting foolishly, yes this was uncommon but Hacking was a known practice, of course SHE would have access to it and if she had caught on their existence it was rational to guess that she would try to do something about it.

[b]Just in case better keep it under wraps at the moment.[/b]

Walking towards Lucy he spoke loudly [abbr=The Emperor and HER]"Thank you, the message was not what we expected and it raised some questions but is good to at least have a lead"[/abbr] giving her a nod he moved on.
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He paled.

Did-did anyone tell her about it? He tried to remember but he drew a blank, she must know about it, she had been in the room with them, just a few steps away, besides! She had seen how shaken they were, surely...

Surely...

Oh no.

The panic from Adam was making his own worse. He needed to calm down, HE NEEDED TO CALM DOWN!

"Okay, okay" He took a deep breath "First off, stop thinking about running to the enemy that is just plain stupid, it's your panic speaking. Second, second" He needed a moment, just a moment "Adam, did we ever tell Lucy that the Witch Queen was interfering with communications?"

He looked at the man in front of him and his heart crumbled at the sight.

"We need to go. Now"