She knew how to answer his demands.
He did not deign to answer the attendant's demands for enlightenment, but half-ran though them and down the steps.
"We answered their demands as we understood them, and when the differences were explained, we gave more information," he said.
"You shouldn't be so quick to answer my demands," the lady replied, but with a serious look instead of the smile Talaysen expected.
"We must now deliberate as to how we will answer the Odib's demands under our obligations to the treaty."
She answered its demands and rolled Rolf's head to the other side.
"So this is how they answer my demands!"
But the city cannot answer his demands until he actually makes them.
And we are not leaving until they answer our demands.
Phil screamed to the boy to run and tried to go to him, but his body wouldn't answer his demands.