Redly still hadn't given an answer, which wasn't unusual. He was sometimes slower to think things through than some of his other siblings were -- when he chose to think at all.
Darryn wasn't going to wait for him to think it through, however. He wanted an answer, and he wanted it immediately. Although he wasn't in the habit of explaining himself, typically, it seemed he had little choice. The negotiation, really, should have been left to Rose, likely. Instead, Darryn simply gravely stated, "It would...unfortunate...were the tribunal to learn about Reagan's death."
Yeah, Redly thought, unfortunate for him, maybe... "So you want me to lie to cover for you? Just because--" Speaking of that not thinking thing!
Their father cut him off, his much deeper voice easily rising above Redly's, in spite of the fact neither had even begun to raise his voice above acceptable inside levels. "You will lie, because if you do not, you will never step foot on this property, and you will never see any of your siblings or mother again. I will have you transferred as far from here as is possible. Your siblings will not seek you out. They will not write you. And should you try to come back to talk to them, I will have you arrested."
Any defiance Redly possessed was quickly slipping away. Darryn's words lacked the grace and subtlety with which Rose would have delivered them, but they were equally effective in quelling Redly's anger at his father. Being disowned was one thing, but what his father was threatening -- and what Redly knew he could do -- was something quite different. Never to see any of his siblings or to hear from them...to be cut-off entirely from the only people in the world he cared about...
He stared at his younger brother a moment, as if he were trying to memorize his face, as though this were, truly, the last time he would see him. And then, he dropped his gaze and nodded slightly. "I'll tell them Reagan's alive, sir."
Darryn nodded and stormed back outside, throwing open the door so hard it bounced against the wall and partially closed again.