“Why would you need us to safeguard your scrolls?” Myril asked. “I understand that you have your own library.”
“We do,” the chronicler said, “but there are many hands at work in the guild, and certain things are best kept within the guilds and temples.”
“I’ve seen a little of the streets from the court this morning. They seem unsettled.”
“They are.” He regarded Myril critically. “It’s more than that, though. Now is the politic time to bring them to you, when we will not offend a sitting governor by deferring to the Aralel’s authority. The old governor’s son took some powers to himself, prematurely I might add, and he requested that certain historical records be moved to the palace archives, for safekeeping, he says. As you know, our princes are not overly fond of histories in general, t
