"I've been approached once more by the young maestro Messus, Your Highness. Despite certain difficulties, he's

"I've been approached once more by the young maestro Messus, Your Highness. Despite certain difficulties, he's still hard at work on his opera about your adventures in the Stolen lands. This time he's asked us for financial support. It seems the scant funds he brought from Absalom are running dry. If we don't help him, he'll have to start taking commissions again."