#mandarb.

Zane: ::how to explain?:: It's kind of a rumor, kind of a legend, kind of a thing high admirals would scare each other with, back when I was one. That there was a high admiral that Kala could've gone back for, but didn't. Which is normal in the Armada at lower ranks, but when you get to class one in a service rank you start to think, not me. My Hand chose me, my Hand loves me, it wouldn't happen to me. The Quintina story says it can. For a little while, the rumor spread through Zane's high admirals. He might leave you behind, the rumor said. Don't think you're an exception, the rumor said. Then Zane killed Mandarb. Zane's high admirals don't need old rumors anymore.