"Yeah. And he is actually very good at it," he assures. "I might be tempted to stick around if he wasn't very good at it, for the sake of the estate. But it was definitely improving and becoming nice to live in. For a shadow-person. And no one can technically take over if I'm still alive and obviously in charge and just not present. They could muscle in on my territory, but it would be generally frowned upon because - tradition, something something. Fair combat and whatnot. I get the impression that Ksxksskrth would have a bit more trouble if, say, he were the lord, while he was present and easy to assassinate."
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