I huffed an amused breath. Well, an approximation of one, but it got the point across. Probably.

  She was still high on drugs, and after I assured her that we were traveling aboard the house flagship on the way to the sub sector capital. While we would have traveled alone to the capital, it was decided that some paperwork could be expedited, and so to save on time in the future, they would all be heading to the sub sector's hub.

  For example, house Berekel would need to register the new cruiser in the imperial register. While at first, it might sound useless, if it were stolen from the house, and it wasn't in the paperwork, there would be no way to fight against whatever took it in a legal manner. Of course, we would just take it back, but that is neither here nor there.

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  They had decades to fill in the paperwork, in truth. But, opportunities shan't be wasted it seems. What was once a simple back and forth for some licenses and administrative paperwork, now was a much grander affair. The house lord, who was the leader for this little expedition, brings a few things. Including, but not limited to,a deeper sense of endorsement and validation. We wouldn't be pushed away as easily, in essence.

  It also brings a very heavy and definite sense of formality and ridged structure.

  If I were to explain his power, it would honestly be around the sub sector governor him/herself (I don't know who and or what she is. Could be an aeldari for all I know.) House Berekel is influential, yet limited. Little presence throneside, as they say, but when a voidship armed for war is overhead, who really is in charge? Answer: It's complicated.

  But I digress. With this change in plans, things will become more complex, yet simple in ways I can not fathom. I am an assassin/bodyguard/best friend. How would I know anything about this drivel? Sigh. The things I do for friends.