Well, what’s your name?
Francis Von Holst
Aye. And from whence do you hail?
Reza.
Alright, alright, that’s a fine place this time of season. How many years have you lived?
Twenty five.
Got it. Your ethnicity, good man? I can’t make it out.
Highlander, Haeseni.
Mmm. I never would have expected it. Are you literate?
Yes
Good, that won’t hurt you. Do you have a wife at home, or children?
None.
They call Sixtus the Third ‘the Lewd’ for having two bastards. Don’t be like him. Have you got anything against taking oaths?
No.
You’re all set. I’ll have this filed away to the Prelate at once. He’s all the way off in Pembroke, at least a day’s trip. Give him a while.