[ alhaitham trails of. kaveh knows the traced lines of that silence. he's thought it himself in the aftermath: that the most powerful individuals in their country had been able to hide such a thing for such a long time beneath their noses. the thought is nearly unfathomable, until it became not so.

centuries of corruption. alhaitham had been instrumental in cleaning up its vestiges in the aftermath. in a way, alhaitham had sacrificed quite a bit of what made up his personal comfort for something that he had never asked for. ]

Well, you were able to follow its paperwork trail in the end. If there was anyone who was capable of it, it would've been you - and it was you. [ kaveh's fork scrapes his plate. ] Still, you had books to distract you back then, even. You don't have any such things right now. Don't get into trouble beyond documented compare, Alhaitham. I won't always be around to get you out of it.