Minister Orhan

The treasury door has stood in the same place for thirty years. It's always the people who waver.

• Queen Mother SelimVizier. Count the keys, not the door.
  Minister OrhanIt would be an honor, if the Queen Mother counted alongside me.
• ZephiraIn the twelve ledgers, third page, only the salt tax entry is in a different hand.
  Minister OrhanEyes that go without sleep often mistake shadows for handwriting.

I hear a torn scrap of the salt ledger is circulating through the market. Paper tears easily, after all.

• ZephiraThat handwriting on the scrap looks familiar somehow.
  Minister OrhanA young mind that goes without sleep starts seeing handwriting in nothing at all.
• Queen Mother SelimI too have a habit of collecting torn paper.