"Yes. This is priority situation. The sabotage network explains why reform implementation has been slower than projected. Eliminating it will improve efficiency by estimated thirty-five percent. Worth the sleep deprivation."
"Elara—"
"Petra." Elara's voice was still flat, but there was something underneath. Not emotion—she didn't experience emotion the way Petra did—but intensity. Focus. "I understand you're concerned about my wellbeing. I appreciate that concern. But I'm fighting a war against systemic corruption that's had forty years to entrench itself. The enemies aren't just corrupt officials and resistant nobles. They're organized networks actively sabotaging reform efforts while simultaneously trying to kill me."
She gestured at the stacks of paperwork.
