Chapter 1 -- Deliberations ; Part two

A small chuckle escaped Dath's lips, and Councilman Anek broke off his conversation to turn and look at Dath. "Do you have something to say?" Anek asked grumpily. Dath's smirk never vanished. "I do, actually." He stepped up to the council's table and planted his hands firmly on its surface. "While you all stand here, debating like hens in a yard, the man who murdered Councilman Falin is getting farther away. At the same time you overlook the only man who could bring him in." Dath paused. "I know who the killer is." The council erupted in cacophony. Coucilman Anek motioned for silence, before turning weary eyes on Dath. "What would you have us do?" Dath's lips curved in a wolfish smile. "Send me."