Dictating Demands

Compared to the significance of the transfer in shares to the Ylvaine Protectorate and Ves, the matter of shares in the hands of the Larkinson Family was much more trivial to solve.

"The Larkinson Family owns 25 percent of the outstanding shares in the LMC." Ves summarized. "As you know, the inner turmoil in our family has led to an imminent split. A minority of Larkinsons are willing to follow me. The rest of the Larkinsons like my uncle and grandfather still have too many attachments to your state to start anew."

Leland looked amused. "I understand the nature of the problem. There is no agreement on how to split the shares between your side of the family and the other side of the family, is that it? There isn't any rule or existing framework that describes what must be done because your family never imagined that it would split."

The spy hit the nail on the head.