Mereavus arched a brow at the mention of permitting Imperial troops elsewhere - never, they only ever worked on Tanperian soil and that was the law. The land that each noble had to their name was only there as a gift from the Emperor, not in their own right. It had been given and it could be taken away.<br/><br/>"Emperor," she reminded him. "We haven't had a King in centuries. All of our land is Imperial. You know that. But that's entirely the problem. I can do no more but wait. And it's maddening."<br/><br/>Maddening indeed. Hopefully they'd either find the Empress dead or they'd just stop looking sometime soon. That'd stop the obsession.