<div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fb/2d/3c/fb2d3ca7a4d68319e6fa776bf5305db0.jpg)</div>A footman led Kumina through the cavernous halls of the Manor.  Though he was taciturn in his disposition, he was not impolite.  It was obvious that he had grown weary of the young man who had commandeered the manor as his bivouac.<br/><br/>"This way if you please," the footman said as he opened the doors to the feast hall.<br/><br/>Sitting in the chair next to the Lord Mayor's throne sat Wilder.  He was reviewing some matter in a ledger.  When Kumina was shown in, the wizard smiled broadly and rose.