[It's not even in the words that make the people listen and obey. They're so accustomed that certain tone, cadence, are associated with authority that they obey out of habit. The words themselves matter but their decision has been made even before Jon has stopped speaking. This is just how power works. Kell had experienced this many times. That no matter what he said, it was who he was that made people react to him this way or the other. And who he was, was obvious to everyone at a single glance back home.
What's important to him now, is that however Jon managed to enforce his will on the crowd, it works. It looks like a ripple of calm smoothing out a turbulent sea. In the moment of silence that rings after Jon's last words, the threat of panic in the crowd vanishes. People disperse, leaving only a few obstinate stragglers, a group of teenage boys that are willing to risk Jon's ire for the spectacle.
It's to them Kell turns first.]
You too. Get out.
[The boys run.
Now, that the press of the crown is no longer there, the driver's finally manage to unharness the horses. The animals sound a lot calmer now. Kell blinks. He can hear them. He can everything. Except the metal scraping. He turns to Jon.]
I didn't like this metallic sound from the beginning, but I like that it's gone even less.
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What's important to him now, is that however Jon managed to enforce his will on the crowd, it works. It looks like a ripple of calm smoothing out a turbulent sea. In the moment of silence that rings after Jon's last words, the threat of panic in the crowd vanishes. People disperse, leaving only a few obstinate stragglers, a group of teenage boys that are willing to risk Jon's ire for the spectacle.
It's to them Kell turns first.]
You too. Get out.
[The boys run.
Now, that the press of the crown is no longer there, the driver's finally manage to unharness the horses. The animals sound a lot calmer now. Kell blinks. He can hear them. He can everything. Except the metal scraping. He turns to Jon.]
I didn't like this metallic sound from the beginning, but I like that it's gone even less.