26 VII
Old Friends, New… Stalkers?
I am becoming a big supporter of killing multiple birds with one stone, or in less gruesome terms, efficiency. My mother has been a member of Glinnery’s ruling council for some years, and at last I am gaining some insight into what kind of a life it must have been for her. Hassle! Stress! Trying to do eighteen things at once! I can only add… how does she cope? And Lady Glostrum! Even worse, for she is an aristocrat and a social leader, the kind whose every move is followed by reporters eager to plaster her picture all over the bulletin boards. She was also the High Summoner for a long time, which must be a hectic job, and these days she has taken a leading role in establishing a training system for the partial Lokants of the Seven. She manages it all wi
