"Now some of you may have already heard the rumors, some of you may have dismissed them as exaggerated tales espousing the ego of a lucky hunter…"
He paused for dramatic effect. Drawing in the crowd's attention, harvesting their building tension and converting it to momentum. Xzavier who had been watching him couldn't help but be impressed. This man really knew how to work a crowd. His very smart dressing and well styled hair backed his flowery speech and smooth words. If he wasn't already a politician, he would have made for the perfect showman. In Xzavier's books, both professions were one and the same.
"So, I stand before you today, not just as your leader, but as your trusted confidant whom you have entrusted to give you nothing but the truth! Ladies and gentlemen, it is true! What you have heard is all true! And I am sure that you haven't heard half of it!"
Fake sighs of surprise went up from every corner of the auditorium, as if they didn't know this before.