His frown deepened the more he watched Jake's montage of images recounting that part of the meeting. He watched as Jake's eyes moved over each district leader, listened with Jake's ears the temper of Charon, the lack of response - or knowledge - on the subject of Lan Bao by most of the others. A lot of reluctant refusals and nothing more - no solutions, no questions posed, no interest in what was at stake, no political discord. It confused him.
"Are you capable of showing me the rest of the meeting? Including Ben?" He asked cautiously, knowing that his own ability to communicate far outweighed Jake's. When the younger agreed, Damien prepared himself for the ride and strengthened the connection between them.
He watched the meeting through Jake's eyes, the younger nervous but steady and calm. Ben's natural state of command; admirable, if not a bit hasty. Jake made his points in a cool, detached fashion. Yes, good. Zeus and Zoheret agreeing with him and the consequential shock both on Ben's face and in Jake. Saraekiel's poorly hidden attempts to disrupt the flow of the meeting and burn Jake on a pyre. The voting pool set uncomfortably. The timeline established. Zoheret's anger at Ben was both terrifying and comical and he saw how she had gotten so offended by the young one's brazen steps to be so disgruntled - though he thought the reaction was a bit over the top. Saraekiel's long-winded speech, which drove Jake back into his phone where he lay semi-distracted for a moment.
But as Ben spoke of security, Damien made a mental note to look at it later, something irking him, telling him that something was not right, despite Jake's lack of response to it all. The meeting seemed to unravel from there, first with another shot of Zoheret's anger and then the lack of debate, response, or otherwise from the district leaders - very strange. Then he watched as Ben's temper and pettiness grew, the excitement of Jake growing. As Ben excused himself, Damien felt the tension in the room shift.
He cared little about the actual content discussed after Ben left the room, the discussion of what to do with the human witch. Damien broke his connection with the younger after rewatching the end of the meeting again, trying to absorb every detail he could. As he sat there, the details of Ben's comments playing over and over in his mind, Damien came to a few conclusions, none of which made him feel very confident in the way the meeting went.
"Well, no wonder he took your phone," Damien said out loud, casting a mildly disappointed look at the District Leader. "It is blatantly disrespectful of you."