“Your Excellency,” she said, upon rising. “What would you say is the Azish people’s greatest strength?” He glanced at his advisors as her words were translated, but they gave him no answer. Rather, they seemed curious to know what he’d say. “Our laws,” he finally replied. “Your famed bureaucracy,” Navani said. “Your clerks and scribes—and by extension, the great information centers of Tashikk, the timekeepers and stormwardens of Yezier, the Azish legions. You are the greatest organizers on Roshar. I’ve long envied your orderly approach to the world.” “Perhaps this is why your essay was so well
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