Priam approved the fishing fleet proposal on a Monday.
Lysander found out from Doros, who sent a note to his office with the specific brevity of a man who considered a decision made to be a fact reported rather than news celebrated.
The note said: *Fleet expansion approved. Twelve vessels. Construction to begin after the winter storms. Daidalos has been notified.*
Twelve vessels. He had proposed ten. Priam had added two without comment, which meant he had read the proposal carefully enough to have his own opinion about the numbers.
He thought about Doros's warning: *he approves before you realize it was not ready.* The fishing fleet proposal had been ready — three weeks of preparation, Daidalos's input on construction feasibility, Fylon's input on harbor capacity, Arsini's data on the nutritional gap the fleet needed to fill. He had brought it when it was ready.
