Odett’s POV
Nolan divided every supply into thirds. His answer looked fair until Cassian pointed out that the smallest community lived underground and did not need heating stones. Their healers needed twice as much medicine because a fever had spread through the tunnels.
“Equal shares are easy to defend,” Nolan said with a conflicted expression as he studied the ledger.
“No one can claim we favored one community,” he added uncertainly.
“The underground settlement will receive stones it cannot use while sick people wait for medicine,” Cassian replied.
“That is equal waste, not equal protection,” he added pointedly.
Joshy moved the unused heating stones toward the northern village, where several homes had damaged roofs. I shifted part of the medicine toward the tunnels but refused to m
