And Ali could keep an even tone too, usually. Though his words had a bite to them, they were not loud nor threatening. It was more like an academic lecturing someone firmly, making it clear that whoever they were speaking to had pushed him to the point of contained annoyance. Actual fighting in front of the king was a no-go, and Ali usually avoided physical confrontations anyway, but he would give out a verbal lashing freely.]
We can't just throw gold at every problem we have, or else we will soon find ourselves with an empty vault. The point of the finance department is to make the most of every coin we have. They're not collecting dust if they're being spent wisely. The question here is if extra wages are the wisest way to spend that gold, or if we use other incentives here and save the gold for another expense in the future. We have to consider the precedent we will set too: if we pay extra wages now, then what about at the next festival? Or the next? There's ten different celebrations each year that need guards present, should we pay extra wages to the guards each time? Or do we look into alternative methods first to keep from emptying our pockets on all the extra labor costs?
[He was saying it as a bunch of questions, which in fairness were directed at least partially at the king. But his tone carried the implication of "if you thought about this for five seconds you would know I am right, you damn unicorn."
The king, for his part, was considering both sides here. Though he was annoyed at the 'fight' before him, he knew he would have to make a decision to get both Ali and Concord to stop. As he considered, he waited to hear what Concord had to say in return.]
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And Ali could keep an even tone too, usually. Though his words had a bite to them, they were not loud nor threatening. It was more like an academic lecturing someone firmly, making it clear that whoever they were speaking to had pushed him to the point of contained annoyance. Actual fighting in front of the king was a no-go, and Ali usually avoided physical confrontations anyway, but he would give out a verbal lashing freely.]
We can't just throw gold at every problem we have, or else we will soon find ourselves with an empty vault. The point of the finance department is to make the most of every coin we have. They're not collecting dust if they're being spent wisely. The question here is if extra wages are the wisest way to spend that gold, or if we use other incentives here and save the gold for another expense in the future. We have to consider the precedent we will set too: if we pay extra wages now, then what about at the next festival? Or the next? There's ten different celebrations each year that need guards present, should we pay extra wages to the guards each time? Or do we look into alternative methods first to keep from emptying our pockets on all the extra labor costs?
[He was saying it as a bunch of questions, which in fairness were directed at least partially at the king. But his tone carried the implication of "if you thought about this for five seconds you would know I am right, you damn unicorn."
The king, for his part, was considering both sides here. Though he was annoyed at the 'fight' before him, he knew he would have to make a decision to get both Ali and Concord to stop. As he considered, he waited to hear what Concord had to say in return.]