After Vale left, Isaac returned to work.
Vale should have stayed with him, but Isaac told him to leave. Vale needed time to speak with Celia and obtain her permission, and that would take time.
Isaac spent the next several hours buried in reports and administrative work.
Messages continued to arrive from every corner of the City, each carrying updates about the damage left behind by the battle. Repair estimates, casualty reports, and requests for aid piled up on his desk.
Even after sorting them into categories, the amount of work remained substantial.
One of the first things he did was release an official statement to the citizens. The statement acknowledged the destruction caused by the battle against the Purification Cult and promised compensation for those who had suffered losses.
The conflict might have begun outside the City, but its effects had eventually spread inward. Entire sectors had been caught in the aftermath.
Isaac was worried about the compensation.
