As if summoned, Kalina arrives at the threshold of Carneola; by this time, Guion, Beata, and Astellia have just finished their morning chores.
-- Kalin, -- she says quietly. -- First, I have a question for you. Would you happen to be interested in becoming an active knight? I think that in the new order's reality, we shouldn't have any problems with the number of people, nor with their parallel employment; any time-tested comrade is as valuable to me as a diamond.