“Trade arrangements. I have heard that Cerea is a great trading nation.”
“It certainly is; we have five times as many trading ships as this land, and more than Ganat and Enomae put together. We rule the seas.”
Darna nodded, thinking of the gilded Cerean ship that had come to Anamat in her scrappling season. She’d seen it a few times since, and there were others, but no more than there were of ships from Ganat or Enomae. They might rule the seas, but they most certainly didn’t rule Anamat harbor.
“And where do they go? Are all of those harbors trading ports?” Darna asked.
“Some of them,” Harzet said. “Most trade of any importance comes to the city at the center.”
“Overland,” Darna mused. It seemed impractical.
“You have finished with this, then?” he asked, gesturing at the scroll behi
