[b] Imperial Palace, Verkesh[/b]
[b]Tovari Federation, 11:32 AM[/b]

Sarin collapsed into a chair as he walked into the main living area of the palace. It had been a long morning; even now the echoes of the droning council members invaded his thoughts. The Praetor leaned forward, putting his head in his hands enjoying the silence as it lasted. Soon enough however the large double doors that he had just walked through, opened once more as his guards let his assistant into the room. Hearing her approach Sarin lifted his head and shifted back in his seat, trying his best to look attentive. “Ah Meri, I trust you bring good news?” he said with a hopeful smile.

“In a way yes, and in a way no.” Meri replied as she came to a stop around 5 feet from Sarin, shuffling the papers she carried.

Sarin closed his eyes and sighed lightly “Proceed.” 

Meri nodded as she began reading off of the pieces of paper “Reports are coming in from the northern mines, another vain of copper has been unearthed and has begun to be worked. There are Watcher reports of troop movement within the Dominion, as of now the reports do not specify the exact nature of the nature of these movements, they do however explicitly state that the movements will not pose a threat to any of our interests in the area.” 

“And what of our… Interests up north?” Sarin asked as he stood and made his way to a large map that had been laid out on the table

Meri shuffled the papers around some more as she looked for the one she wanted “Right. On that subject it seems that the Administration has accepted our offer, cargo ships are already being loaded and the new embassy staff is awaiting your final approval.” 

Sarin sighed "Good, I'll take a look at the roster when I get a chance next. Now, if that is all, would you mind calling General Tulin, I need to speak to him."

"Of course sir." Meri said as she bowed and turned to leave the room.

After the doors shut behind her Sarin once more sat himself down, trying his hardest to enjoy the silence, perhaps catch up on some of the sleep that had eluded him for the past few nights. As he slowly began to drift off, his mind raced with what had been going on in the world the past few days, army movements, murder of nobles, all in other countries, yet all too close to home. 

"Sir?"

Sarin woke with a start, jolting out of the chair and into a standing position. Off to his left the middle aged General stood, his dark grey uniform spotless. "Sorry to disturb you sir, I was notified that you wished to see me." 

Sarin shook his head to wake himself up more "Yes, I did. I need you to send a detachment to Songset, a large enough force to reinforce the defenses there, but not enough to look abnormal. Also I need you to task a few airships to guard the shipments to the Administration, wouldn't want our new trade agreements to start of rocky, now would we?"

"No sir." The general responded "Is that all sir?" 

"Yes it is, you are dismissed general." Sairn said with a wave of his hand. After a brief salute the general left the room, once more leaving the Praetor alone. Resigning sleep as am impossibility at this point Sarin strode over to one of the windows that lined the side walls. From the window the view extended down the mountain turned city, and across the sprawling expansion of the city, stretching from the city, smoke stacks of factories rising all over the massive city, the drone of airships adding to the symphony that was the sounds of the city, even out in the distance Sarin could pick out the massive, hulking shadow of a Colossus as it patrolled around the city limits. [i]"An interesting time to be alive in."[/i] he thought with a smile [i]"An interesting time indeed"[/i]