[It takes him a moment to respond; he's keeping up, at least, it's just difficult to force himself to be entirely professional at this exact point in time.]

...I didn't believe that you ordered this.

[Because if he's offering an apology, then this presumably was someone Yeager is in control of; at the same time, he's fairly sure even Yeager isn't willing to commit to something like this without the general approval of the guilds behind it. Their current interpersonal situation notwithstanding.

Give him a moment.]

I'll ensure that no attempts at justifying any sort of retaliation go through. I'm sure the Council both loves and is greatly disappointed with this current turn of events, but I'll see to it that no declarations are made.