"Actually, we did that for a reason. It made the guard easier targets than us. Distant glaciers were not taken into account." The Not'Cat Formerly Known as Prince Yrael leans over to pull a sack from where it was half-covered by a pile of silver coins.

"They do. I got Archie a model of a Belisaerian merchant ship, a year or so ago. What one is this?" He picks up the scale model of a ship and peers at it.

"Ha!" He grins. "I'm surprised it hasn't rotted. It's been over two hundred years since the Old Kingdom had a seagoing military force. Little need for one, when the primary threat can't cross running water."