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> SELECTED. The Disgraced Scholar. Formerly a distinguished member of the Athenaeum caste, he had made his name with a widely respected dissertation on the rules of economics. But for the crime of questioning aloud some of the more draconian results that stem from adhering mindlessly to ancient Dictats, this free-thinker was given the choice between slavery or death. Far from downcast at his loss in status, the unflappable old scholar only seems to think that this punishment entirely proves his point. [Commerce] + [Law]
Your companions are unanimously delighted to receive their payment now. While Jess’ enthusiasm for wandering the City unsupervised has been curbed somewhat following her encounter with the banished Medusae sorceress, she clearly understands that these shiny metal pictures are valued by other humans to varying degrees. Seeing your companions also receive their shares, the Fae archer seems to realise that with your role as the leader of this party comes the solemn duty as the dispenser of the shiny metal pieces.
Orin, for his part, seems to view this payment as a kind of upgrade of sorts from directionless tagalong to a valued member of your household. You know nothing of his past life before your encounter, but you doubt very much he had anything in the way of a steady wage that didn’t involve some degree of skullduggery. Your token gift of an additional silver sequin is a modest bonus, to be sure, but one that with his arrears paid in full puts him on par with a worker employed in the shop of a skilled craftsman. Not a particularly glorious feat in your eyes to be sure, but the steady and honest wage seems to hold a particular importance to your now established manservant.
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