It would make sense if he had, Julius can think now. He's a sensible and organized man, good with logistics. And he'd been trustworthy. 30 years in the tower and he'd never once made a break for it. Even so:
"Not especially. Mages in Kinloch Hold weren't permitted non-mage correspondents, much less in-person contacts. There'd have been no way to hand off any of that sort of work to us without putting us in touch with merchants and suppliers." See: Carsus's earlier point about not being near a town. The trading area on the shore of the lake had sprung up after the tower was built. When the site was selected, it was near nothing at all, by design.
Julius smiles, rueful, at something. After a moment, he decides to say it: "You'd never credit it now, but when I first left the tower, I found currency a bit hard to get the hang of. I mean, I knew the theory, but I had no real sense of what a normal price for anything was. I'm sure I was cheated several times while it was easy to do so." It was a little bit funny, as long as you didn't linger on why a mage in his mid-30s had never learned how money works.
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"Not especially. Mages in Kinloch Hold weren't permitted non-mage correspondents, much less in-person contacts. There'd have been no way to hand off any of that sort of work to us without putting us in touch with merchants and suppliers." See: Carsus's earlier point about not being near a town. The trading area on the shore of the lake had sprung up after the tower was built. When the site was selected, it was near nothing at all, by design.
Julius smiles, rueful, at something. After a moment, he decides to say it: "You'd never credit it now, but when I first left the tower, I found currency a bit hard to get the hang of. I mean, I knew the theory, but I had no real sense of what a normal price for anything was. I'm sure I was cheated several times while it was easy to do so." It was a little bit funny, as long as you didn't linger on why a mage in his mid-30s had never learned how money works.