Dawn painted the imperial archives in muted gold as Soren organized the latest dispatches from across the continent. His desk, positioned in the archives' eastern corner—a location chosen precisely because no one desired the early morning sun in their eyes—afforded him an unobstructed view of everyone who entered the cavernous chamber.
"Still here from yesterday, Recordkeeper Seren?" asked Archivist Lowell, using the wrong name as always.
"Soren," he corrected mildly. "And yes, the latest reports from the northern territories required immediate cataloging."
