Draiss made a note after the second dance and Tysinni had to sit down to get her that book as soon as possible. He did spend a few more dances, but made it clear he was already in an arrangement with someone else, not bothering to mention who. He looked up and frowned as they started their speeches, having not expected this, before shrugging and trying to think of what he should say. When it got to his turn, he decided to be modest, and listed his accomplishments, namely expanding his valley by a few hundred feet, increasing its trade and productivity, and dealing with a group of nearby bandits, leaving out the other dozens ones. He listed his goals as further expansion, increasing the trade, and then jokingly offered himself some good words, before sitting back down, and returning to the scroll he had gotten out earlier. It was the current report from the shadow stalker accountant, and it was saying that their initial time estimate was off by at least a factor of four, more likely a factor of ten, so the five months had turned into about four and a half years, due to the sheer number of false reports, fudgings, and fake books it was having to dig through.