Chapter 93

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Amilia quickly ran into the changing room and threw her robe onto herself. She scrambled as she ran down the hallway and to the meeting room. She was running late from her lesson from Unora. As she came into the room she apologized and then sat down.

"Alright, now that we are all here, we may start the meeting." Jkdek stood up and Amilia noticed that Oglm was once again present as the scribe. Everyone stood with Jkdek as he began to announce the meeting. "I, Jkdek, call the May fifteenth meeting of the Chosen council to order." Jkdek sat down and then motioned across the room.

"Rhodochrosite."

"Dedg Kfkh."

"Hmeoynfedk Cnqo."

"Feww Fewnikyz.

"Jlssiek Hnmfoygd."

"Qeqqkm Hnfnseyr."

"Sir Blue Cluster."

"Amilia Cripple."

"Olaf Otto."

"Chacura Chairous." Everyone sat down and Jkdek hit the gavel to officially start the meeting. Amilia felt like she was at the United Nations, everyone had their own country card in front of them.

"First of all, before we get down to business here, it is wonderful to see you all. And please don't feel like this is a serious meeting, talk freely as you will. But, anyhow, today we are in the spring months and the surface has been having considerable amounts of rain. Has anyone been having any trouble with drainage?"

"I have been."

"What seems to be the trouble?"

"They send the water down in rounds. I think their fed rains are all clogged up again, but it's been overwhelming the system. It's like it is actually raining, and that's not how our system redirects the water."

"Hm, I'll see what I can do about it, give me a few days to draw up a plan."

"Oh, really?"

"Yes, I'll bring a detailed sketch and essay to my next council meeting, so that we can get it started as soon as your king and queen approve it."

"Thank you, good sir." Jkdek nodded his head.

"Anyone else?" They all shook their heads no. "I take it there has been no civil disputes that we need to recognize?" Everyone shook their heads no again. "Well then, this was easy. Now to the fun part of the meeting. I was hoping we could pick a date and have a private council retreat. Only you all in the room, I would only be there to check in on you for the first, oh, I don't know, five minutes?"

"Yeah, that sounds like a great idea."

"Definitely a good bonding experience." Amilia raised her hand.

"Yes Amilia?"

"Like an all day all night retreat, or-"

"Yes, I'd assume so, maybe even a few days if it goes well. Is there a problem?"

"Well, you know Nora, she likes me to train everyday." The whole room sighed.

"What is it with you and this Nora?"

"Are you two dating?"

"What!? No we are not, I'm straight, thank you very much!"

"Hey don't get mad at us, we didn't know."

"You never asked!"

"Yeah, so what is the deal with her? She runs you ragged."

"She just wants me to learn, is all. She's very 'invested' in me."

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