Walder clammed up against the facts laid out before him. He knew that Fulkar had improved the family's businesses. But Walder didn't know that it was Fulkar who had opened up business in Iron Territory. And Walder knew even less about the nameless messenger that visited from Permafrost Region, which asked for Kuldar Libarn to visit King Eagat in Avalanche City and discuss the courting of Fulkar and Crystal.
Hearing the scale of Fulkar's assistance with family businesses and the absurd claim of forming an alliance with a regional king, Walder had to ask, "Father, are you not blowing things out of proportion?"
"No. I'm not," Kuldar plainly stated. "Without Fulkar, our family wouldn't have gained the immeasurable boost in productivity since a moon ago. It was Fulkar that set it in motion."
"Impossible! Fulkar wasn't even here, he was at the province qualifier–"
