[ WELL. Geesh, Graves. Way to catch Petyr unaware. He flinches and drops the papers he's holding at the unexpected appearance. But then clears his throat, stooping down to collect them. To his credit, he doesn't skip a beat with conversation. ]

Aye. I will agree there. It turned out just as I had hoped.

[ Stacking the papers against the edge of the desk, he then sets them down. ]

Sam already had a large amount of support to begin with. So it turned out far better than the Nonah election. Although I will confess, it would not have been a terrible thing to see Erik serve as De Chima's ambassador.