A couple of aides, both the ones standing behind Valerio and others sitting at the end of the room, shifted uncomfortably, while looking at either Yutan or the First Councillor. They saw the latter shift from an impassionate expression to one of absolute contempt. A mere seconds after, while the room was still silent, they saw Marco Valerio walk away from the table and head towards the door. One aide took the yellow pad and the pen with which the First Councillor had been writing, while all other aides quickly followed him. Less than five minutes after his appeal, Valerio left the room, without uttering a single word, the doors closing once he was out.
A few seconds after, a butler entered the room and informed the delegates that their vehicles were ready and waiting outside. Secretary Ilhuitl from Tepetitlán was simultaneously given a note to be read in private, an invitation to join the First Councillor in a private meeting later that night.