<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/Y3n5ibZ.png)</div>Larissa's thoughts of the bedroom later that evening were summarily yanked out from beneath her feet when Morgous presented her estimate. Even before seeing to the donation to the chapel of St. Gaed in Gravesford, the sum total of the repair costs came to more than five times what Castle Rend had in its coffers. Fortifications weren't cheap, especially not the likes of Castle Rend. Larissa wasn't the most well versed in the costs of maintaining forts and castles, but she did know it was the subject of many a headache that plagued her parents.<br/><br/>"That's a tidy sum of coin," Larissa said, letting out a small chuckle to salvage her composure. "What sort of payment schedule are you proposing then? How much do you need upfront to start?"<br/><br/>Larissa didn't exactly have the ability to levy taxes, as she didn't exactly have people to tax. Approaching her family with the bill was one option...but<em>she</em>was the Lady of Castle Rend. She would just have to figure something out.