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As Nell introduced the others gathered in the room, Morton turned to each and gave a formal nod of the head in greeting before taking his seat and propping Edward up upon it also. A vague smile touched his lips, a vacant glaze seemed to wash over his eyes. It seemed he was perfectly content to sit and listen but whether he would have anything coherent to say afterwards seemed to be another matter. However, when the parchments were handed out he made a show of studying the contents of it most profusely, all the while giving Edward the odd pat on the head as the lapdog just as intently stared at the proposed changes to the structure of the government. Morton nodded vaguely at Nell's explanation of the situation as he did so.
"Well, in my opinion this is fairly straight forward... clarifying, and so forth... I have no reason, myself, to adjourn, and I am sure His Excellency, Governor Branch would agree with me. I am sure we all want to be out of here and enjoying the day as soon as possible, hmm?"
Placing the parchment flat on the table in front of him he beamed around at the assembled people, using the fingers on his left hand to tuck back into position a single strand of hair that had fallen out of place.
In his turn, almost as if emphasising his master's opinion of the stuffiness of the situation, Edward scrambled down from his owner's lap and began to leap about on the floor, chasing his tail and generally being a nuisance - though at least he wasn't yapping. Morton gave an apologetic smile.
I do apologise for Edward. I fear he finds these meetings somewhat tedious, but he has to learn. Worry not - he will wear himself out in a minute."
Almost as an afterthought he glanced at his copy of the documents once more, and voiced a small, almost insignificant question.
"I do wonder, however, if perhaps, the current Vicegerent, being related to the Regent in question, should not be with the Regent himself, when out of court, as befitting her role as a dutiful wife? But I suppose that is neither here nor there when considering merely the changes to the structure itself."
His opinion was expressed in an idle, musing fashion, backed up by a winning smile, that it could be supposed it was nothing more than thoughts voiced outloud by a man who merely had an old-fashioned way of thinking when it came to matrimony.
A few minutes later, when Nell expressed that the Imperial Judicator, one Ogabe K'tinga wished to join the meeting, Morton merely gave a wave of the hand, indicating he had no concerns over the presence of the katta one way or the other.
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