Galahad is silent -- overwhelmed. This is what Claudius has always wanted, and thought impossible for so long: a community that closed ranks around him, not to attack Luo Binghe, but to protect Claudius from him, to treat what happened to him as unacceptable, and to take steps to prevent it from happening again or to anyone else. He understands now why Susan thought it important to show him these things. He knows how Claudius will feel, being told.

"Thank you," he says quietly.