Kael arrived at the eastern council room before Khao'khen did, which was not a surprise to either of them. He had the instrument log spread across the table by the time Khao'khen came through the door, and he was standing over it with his remaining seven fingers tracing the deviation sequence in silence.
Vor'gath was seated at the room's far end, away from the table. He had not looked at the instrument log. He was looking at the window.
"Sit," Kael said to Khao'khen, without looking up from the log. He said it the way an analyst said it to anyone whose standing in a room was subordinate to the problem on the table. He would have said it to his own chieftain council the same way. Khao'khen sat.
