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they actually can't. they have to be attacked first or have solid proof of a grievous crime (such as a violent offense). Thats why in my shitty fanfic I had estelle brandish the the black orbment. since before that Richard would have been willing to walk away. Likewise for a lot of situations richard and the military just let the bracers walk, or apprehend them if they feel like it, and there's nothing bracers can do.
It's only when violence starts becoming a factor, or someone is on a fucking suicidal journey out the weeds that they can apprehend people. Personally I'm not even sure they have a right to keep people from going from point a to b, it always sounded like agate and estelle getting that one noble lady returned was a gray area because she's from erebonia and was basically a foreign charge of the state that liberl was responsible for. When it came to Alba schera was willing to leave him out there, and jimmy the treasure hunter is always sticking his dick in a bee hive somewhere.
