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There was also the matter of the bank’s expansion into Lorent. In that effort, things were beginning to pick up more steam, as apparently the Madame Carthrace wanted to move swiftly. Already, they had found several vacant properties within the southern Jagwa territory to begin renting with an option to buy. Construction efforts were underway, and new employees were being hired.

Soon enough, the Darksteel National Bank would have a physical presence in multiple Lorentian towns. A marketing campaign was also being prepared, and Hector had a rather strong feeling that it was going to put his name in the news again.

He preferred not to pay much attention to that kind of thing, but ignoring the press entirely also seemed like it might be a bad idea. Thankfully, Gina had been gracious enough to keep up with all that stuff and tell him about anything she deemed important enough.

But technically, she worked for Roman, so Hector felt a little bad having her do all that. She hadn’t expressed any reservations about it, nor had Roman, but still. Hector was beginning to wonder if he should hire a PR person or something.

One more thing to consult Ms. Rogers about, he decided.

As for the Stewardess of Warrenhold, she was as busy as ever, managing the comings and goings of the Rainlords and Sandlords as Hector had been reorganizing them into different scouting teams. Not to mention, the Rainlords who’d been staying here the whole time had moved forward with their education plans for the children, which Ms. Rogers had been assisting with.

Hector learned that she was a frequent guest speaker in their classes--so frequent, in fact, that many of the kids seemed to be under the impression that she was just another one of their teachers. She was even helping with planning some of their curriculum.

It was all fairly amusing to witness, Hector thought, but he also couldn’t shake the absolutely dreadful feeling that someone was going to ask him to be a guest speaker, one of these days.

For now, though, he was trying to remain focused on the grander scheme of things. In terms of his decision, after looking everything over one more time, he was leaning towards a visit to Intar. Checking up on the situation there felt pretty important, given its proximity to Sair. He just wanted a bit more intel on the movements of Bloodeye’s forces, first.

Perhaps that was too much to ask for, though.