‘I’ll leave it to Klipwing. He can manage it.’ But could he? Gethrenian law wouldn’t allow him to simply pick an heir. He could always just request it of Johan as his will, and simply trust the king to dispense with his estate at least in a somewhat equitable manner, but he could not guarantee that. Did he not owe his servants something? What of the pilot of his airship? What of Featherbrain, the alchemists, and all of his brewery workers and the rest of the jobs that rely on his properties and businesses? What of Crimson?