He had been keen on simply observing the aftermath, once Chaos' corpse dissipated to reveal the would-be ruler on his last legs. After all, many of the others had such higher stakes in this

"For all your talk of mercy, you certainly are slow to show it to those who hold the conviction you so sorely lack." So slow, in fact, that even a relative newcomer like himself could see plainly where this was headed. "Ahh, already at each other's throats? Well, don't let me keep you from tearing yourselves apart."

Yet for his words, he moved to grab hold of Saori to prevent her from throwing a sword into the crowd and thus potentially miss her target. At least before he addresses the other woman.

"Surely you saw this coming, what with that little stunt of yours?"