"She told me with my, ummm, particular... needs... that the Barrens was probably the best bet," Jacqui answers Katya listlessly.
"And that, maybe, it could become a recognized Regency. Later, she said she spoke to Prince Clarke about it, and that he'd agreed with the condition that I weed out all the mandragora and, ummmm, 'render aid' to whatever the Seneschal and Reeve needed."
Seneschal Brady and Reeve Von Schusten.
"And, no, they just stop by. I just got a feel for the timing because it's usually two or three days after the conservationists do their water sampling and tagging." Jacqui's eyes drifted back down to the surface of the table, letting the illusory depth suck her in. "I figured it was to make sure I wasn't, ummmm. Getting out of hand."
"And it was maybe a week ago? Two?" What is time to an immortal. "Brady just said that all that was really left was to handle it, to Von Schusten."
Hitting the month mark in 3 days, let's start winding up.