Matt nodded, giving up the last three dumplings to his bond. “That was close to our predictions, if not a bit worse. Why did you take the position then? I’m sure the Empire would have warned you beforehand.”
Margaret barked a laugh. “Yeah, I knew what I was getting into, but if I’m honest, I didn’t trust anyone else to do it right. You guys are clearly strong, with a management team of your own that you obviously got early. You must have seen far more than most Pather teams of your age. You tell me if you would trust the average Pather with this responsibility?”
Matt ignored the second half of her statement and asked, “I don’t even know what a management team is. Why do you think we have one?”
Margaret snorted and choked on a forkful of noodles, but once she got rid of the obstruction i
