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Jordan begins, with a frown, brooking no interruption from anyone.

"Since this entire stupid affair began, I've been searching Canadian and Atlanean law for anything that would let me put an end to this farce. And to date, I've been hamstrung. Because its a matter of Atlantean law, if I so much as set foot here, I would have been arrested, fired, and shipped to Atlantis to face your criminal proceedings any way you wanted.

Today, you made a mistake.

Per Volume 500, Page 103, Article 31, subsection B of the 1961 to 1964 Vienna convention on foreign relations, to which Canada is a signatory, which states that there shall be an exception made to diplomatic immunity in cases where the agent has a vested involvement in a matter of succession.

This letter," he holds up the letter sent threatening the death of the Jeffries. "Which Prince Namor now has a copy of in hand, establishes a causal link between the proceedings here - which involve the eventual marriage of the eldest princess of Atlantis, a matter of succession, and the assault and kidnapping on Canadian soil of two Canadian citizens and fomer government agents, along with death threats against those agents unless Mason Jeffries conceeds any hope of becoming Prince of Atlantis to an individual not selected specifically by the prince regent of Atlantis - the only person who would be an exception to the articles of convention.
That mistake authorizes me, as an agent of the Canadian government, to walk in here, and inform the people heading up this farce that I now own your ass. Namor can kick me out if he wishes, with or without my prisoners, but if he does so, the next step is that the Prime Minister of Canada asks S.H.I.E.L.D. and Nick Fury to come in as an international peacekeeping force and turn Atlantis upside down, exposing every dirty secret, every skeleton in the closet, every hidden resource to which a surface body might wish to lay a claim, and anything else Nick Fury or his cigar get an itch to uncover in pursuit of evidence in the matter of a capital crime. So unless you want that, I suggest you deal with me.

As such, Vishin and Draconia of Atlantis - as a duly authorized representative of the Canadian government, I am placing you under arrest for the crimes of gross violations of personal rights and liberties, unlawful imprisonment, undue and illegal interference in matters of lawful succession, assault and aggravated battery, conspiracy to commit these acts and levying a threat of death against both current and former agents of law of a sovereign nation.

You have the right to be informed of all reasons for your arrest and changes in the conditions and charges.
You have the right to retain and instruct counsel. You may call any lawyer you wish. Canada provides a 24 hour telephone service by which you may gain legal counsel who may instruct you in private. Such advice is without charge.
You are not obliged to make any statement, but as, from this moment forward, you are now in my custody, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.
If you do not understand sufficient English to understand these rights as presented to you, indicate such and I can read the charter of rights and freedoms to you in a dozen more languages - I studied the Atlantean translation on the way down.

And, just in case - you say, 'but wait, Agent Bochs, we didn't sign that letter. You can't prove we knew about it' - see, that document I gave Lord Namor is both a copy of the evidence, and includes a subpoena for every single member of Atlantis' armed guards to testify as to who might have given the order to have the Jeffries captured. I'm willing to bet that first, Namor will command them to tell the truth, and second, they would rather tell the truth and give your names than become one of the accused.

Each and every one of you is now witness to that subpoena having reached its intended audience. To wit - you've been served."