[Milo L'Evienne]

”A spoonful of sugar and a splash of cream please,” Milo told the girl with a smile when she brought the pot around, and thanked her once she’d arranged it and stepped away. Predictable though that Sir James would have first go and the senior Knight absconded with the cup no sooner than it had been put on the table. Familiarity by now meant that there were no more awkward moments where glasses or spoons were snatched away for tasting at the very moment they reached the Regent’s lips, but Milo still found it somewhat disconcerting despite his apparent ease with the process.

”Ahh yes,” the Regent said of interviews and changes in status, but not much more than that added a bit of a thoughtful but humorless smile. Likely best given the proposed topic under discussion to avoid if possible the added awkwardness attached to past events and stick to the current topic at hand, the brightening had been lively enough thus far after all. The availability of ore in the province though, this was something he was aware of and after a sip of his coffee, finally given the go ahead he said, ”I’ve a twin paddle riverboat here in the city in dry dock waiting for repairs due to having been damaged in the previous flood. The Sweet Hannah. I’d had her fitted out as a pleasure boat, river cruises, pracenda on the water, gambling, it was quite a lucrative business when it was up and running. I’ll be refitting her in the future as a private vessel. But she was once used for hauling iron ore up and down the river until such a time as her captain decided to retire from the business.”

”It does indeed make sense though given all the variables in play that the Sherian would benefit from such an undertaking. A complex of this size then, will it be built outside the walls of the city, or does there currently exist available space inside Taralon to accommodate it? And I’m afraid I’m not overly familiar with the concept of mass production…” he added, assured Malkaer could elaborate on that count.