"Hmmm."
Garren leaned back slightly after Darion finished speaking.
The older knight didn't answer immediately. Instead, he rested one arm against the table and went quiet, clearly thinking through the idea carefully before responding.
Darion allowed the silence. He could already guess what was happening inside Garren's head.
The older man was probably weighing the advantages against the risks.
Because technically, this wasn't the safest financial decision Percvale could make right now.
Garren had only explained one debt so far.
One.
There were still four remaining kingdoms and Baronies Percvale owed money to, and they still had no idea how those rulers would react once Percvale's recovery became known.
For all they knew, one of them could be even worse than Valdenmoor.
More aggressive and less patient.
A ruler who didn't negotiate, didn't investigate and didn't wait thirty days before sending soldiers to collect what they believed was theirs.
