Cambyses and her group quickly sped through the road leading to her manor, and on her way, he found the city in an uproar, with many of the streets still filled with confused civilians lingering around in hapless fear while the city guards tried to get them to return to their homes in an effort to maintain order.
It seemed there was a general sense of panic in the air, and words such as these began to filter into Cambyses's ears.
"War! War! War! It's been nothing but war for the past four years."
"When Lord Alxx took over the city, he said we would have peace. What peace!"
"That's right! I'm sick of it all,"
"Fuck this once a meal! I'm so hungry!"
It seemed most of the people were teetering on severe war exhaustion, and if Perseus kept up the siege for long, the people might break before the walls did.
'I will need to ask Her Twin Highnesses to give better sermons. And have Bartholomew crack down harder on dissidents."