"“What’s really going on in Perquaine?” “A peasant rebellion—at least on the surface.” Albron shook his head mournfully. “The lowlanders just don’t understand ordinary people, do they?” “They haven’t got a clue. The aristocrats spend so much time admiring themselves in their mirrors that they don’t pay much attention to the commoners. From what I’ve heard, these rebellions break out every ten years or so. You’d think that after five or six times, the aristocrats might start to realize that they’re doing something wrong.” “I certainly hope not. If the lowlanders start behaving like rational human beings, the clans of Arum are going to be out of work.”"