Rohan exhaled and nodded.
"Right. Sorry."
Liora tapped her crutch once against the floor.
"Guest-right first. Then answers. That is how Veyrhold works."
"And if I don't get guest-right?"
"Then you stay in the ash-house until Maerin decides whether to throw you out, lock you up, or make you useful."
"Those are all bad in different ways."
"Make yourself useful, then."
A new panel appeared beside her shoulder.
[Quest Received: Earn Guest-Right]
[Objective: Stand before the crash ledger and receive formal witness from Liora and Bryan.]
[Reward: Temporary Veyrhold Standing]
[Penalty: Restricted Movement]
Rohan stared at it.
Liora followed his gaze, then sighed.
"Again?"
"Yes."
"What does it want?"
"To make me useful."
"That sounds like Veyrhold."
The guest-right ceremony happened two hours later.
Ceremony was perhaps too grand a word for it, but it had weight.
