"You were just reviewing the records. Our touman is a fraction of its former strength and it will be a long time before our settlement can support sibkos."

If he had a convienent table he would have hit it with his palm and leaned on it.

"We should be searching for worthy recruits...and she is far worthier than the ones we took from the Siberian Railway. Allies are good, but not enough. We need to fill out our touman with good Clansmen or even our prowess in battle will not be enough the next time the Word sponsors an attack on us."