"O Asmodeus! Please give me the patience to withstand this nonsense – or take my soul already! Varn, what are

"O Asmodeus! Please give me the patience to withstand this nonsense – or take my soul already! Varn, what are you saying? What is this independence you speak of? We depend on Restov for literally everything – from the inflow of settlers to the food to feed them! I like Jamandi no more than you do, but it will take us years to free ourselves from her influence! Right now we must bow to our patron – not brag about a title we received from her very hands!"