what makes a monster and

Hiram Burrows’ blood is still underneath Corvo’s nails when he arrives at the emergency meeting called by the lead ministers of Parliament.The Regency belonged to the High Minister of Parliament, did it not? No, it had belonged to Lord Burrows, but nobody could find Lord Burrows. It belonged to High Overseer Campbell. It belonged to Duke Olhouser. It belonged to whoever would be chosen via election from the nobility—Corvo sits in what had been Jessamine’s chair in the Parliamentary meeting hall in Tower as the lords and ladies bicker.It takes them time to notice that the very seat they’re arguing over has already been fulfilled, but when they do, the silence is stifling.There is still blood splattered across Corvo’s jacket, a little smear under his cheekbone.They have always been afraid of Corvo, of his nearly-permanent silence, of his blade, of his shadowing presence behind their Empress.“I will rule for my daughter,” Corvo rumbles. There is no room for question in his voice.