A Question

[yao590.livejournal.com]

Here is another question I have in KoA. It's after the assassination, in the king's room:

"If he'd been stoic and denied the pain, the entire palace would have been in a panic already, and Eddisian soldiers on the move."

l read the sentence  again and again, but I can't understand why if Gen deny the pain, then the palace would panic? I think that if the king was calm, the palace wouldn't panic.

And then "He'd mean to deceive them, and he'd succeeded."  Deceive them what? I totally can't understand these, so I am all confused about following things as well. May someone explain it for me? But just those two sentences. I'd like to try to figure out the following by myself. Thanks!! 

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Howling

[peggy-2.livejournal.com]

It just occurred to me, the over-the-top fussing by Gen also serves as a distraction. The observers get so irritated by all his noise, they lose sight of the actual injury. Thus, as soon as Gen quits fussing, while the stitches are being put in, Attolia faints, because she has the peace and quiet to realize just how serious the injury is (or could be).

Time to think about possible outcomes, when dealing with serious situations, is not always a good thing! Reaction and panic may set in...