"Greetings, Admiral," he says with a sense of relief in his voice. "You have our thanks for reporting to the palace so quickly."
"My kah," you respond with a slight bow. "What is the matter?"
"One of some urgency, I fear. Our patrols report that pirates are advancing from the Western Sea. They will arrive at port within the week…"
It strikes you as peculiar that the kah, of all people, should be worried about something so insignificant as pirates. Their presence in the Western Sea is hardly a new development—why, it is the very reason for your fleet's patrols!