The Pefectly Practical Protagonist Returns!
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Kat flopped down on the couch mentally exhausted. Sylvie and Callisto were missing, probably up in Callisto's room doing something. She could hear Vivian at least, and knew the woman was in her office working. On what, wasn't exactly clear but Kat didn't want to focus on her hearing and figure it out. It wasn't really her business.
She'd gotten a good deal, or good enough deal, out of arbitration. It was a good chunk of money. Five whole Fireplaces, which was so much more than her debt had been it was a little ridiculous. It really hit her home how much it must have cost her to be summoned to Xiang and why things were such a mess. He overpaid so much that the ritual just sort of worked even though it really shouldn't have.