Chapter 27
Two days before Daylight Aamon sat in his leisure chambers at the High Palace with Gnary and Reydal. There were mountains of papers in front of him. Stacks of papers estimating how much elites of different Houses and ranks were worth. It was too much for him to study all the documents. Aamon was no scholar, he can read the sums, but being around Reydal had taught him to pay attention to finer details. That would take forever to learn how elites were making their starlings, and he didn’t have forever; only ten years if he was lucky. “Reydal, I understand you want to educate me,” Aamon said, “however, your method seems to be time-consuming. Just tell me who has more starlings and who has less.” “I thought you might enjoy the sentiment,” Reydal replied with a sigh. “Manuel Weib is the
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