The man looks at the icons on the map for a moment and took a deep breath. Running his hands through his hair. Removing a note pad and a calculator her quickly makes some notes and calculations as the room sits silent, except for the faint scratching of his pencil. "Fort Varen is a long way from the rebels, and most importantly my troops. They will be spread thin across the two theaters." he nervously taps his pencil.. "Officer Nimiral was lost in Sanyr, I haven't received word from her troops. Seeing as they have not officially declared war, I would need the Queen's permission. She would declare war, and I would have authority to engage both forces. I have no idea how long that would take."
The room becomes slightly awkward as everyone struggles to think of something useful to say.
"Unless..." The General grins. "Unless we were engaged, and forced to return fire." He adjusts his collar and sits up, raises his eyebrows at the two men. Gesturing the support of the unorthodox reply, clearly impressed with himself.
