feat: more progress

lore/dates.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+1961 ― Darius born.
+
+1985 ― Grigory born.
+
 1987 ― Marina born
 
 1990 ― Sarla born
@@ -15,11 +19,16 @@
 			The Assembly leaves the previous laws on fund freezing, but leaves intact Sonja's decree on funding.
 
 1997 ― Hierarch Yakaterina found, arrested.
+
+1998 ― Darius made Commander of the City Garrison.
+
 2000 ― President Dominic of PP elected. MU does much better than usual and siphons away many FYA members.
 	- PP is very tense with Hierarchy.
 
 2002 ― Sarla faces Trial, passes
 
+2003 ― Sarla swears vows on turning 16.
+
 2005 ― President Laurence (FYA, PM during Sonja's presidency) elected (with FYA + PP coalition), pledges to normalise relationship with Hierarchy
 	- Overall Hierarchy does not budge, PP does not want to make concessions
 

lore/etymologies.txt

@@ -15,3 +15,6 @@ White Hall
 Alv:
 	Reference both to Galvarelli and to the latin word arvum (via arvum -> alvum -> alv).
 	Also references white (via albus).
+
+Jann:
+	Darius's son, Grigory's age.

sarlastory/sarla-asks-auroklos.txt

@@ -102,13 +102,94 @@ As a result, she was a bit too distracted to fully pay attention to Cyril's exte
 
 Cyril looked slightly offended by the question.
 
-―It's a generalist position, Marina.
+―I'm studying everything.
+	It's a generalist position, Marina.
 	They need someone who can do everything.
+	Leadership, and problem solving.
+	And management is a lot more involved than you'd think.
 
-―But you're already doing it, Cyril.
+―But you're already working there, Cyril.
 	And like, it's an administrative position.
+	You don't need to qualify as a Practicant.
 
 Cyril scoffed.
 ―Running a hall takes a well trained mind.
-	It's not all about doing flashy tricks with the Meadowlark, it's about serving the Hierarchy.
-	Carmine says that it's a good
+	It's not all about doing flashy tricks with the Meadowlark, it's about serving the Hierarchy with every skill you can imagine.
+	Clover says that it's a good stepping stone for more responsibility.
+	Running a hall, eventually being on the Council.
+
+It was a reasonable point.
+As a Farcaller, Marina would always be useful, and would always be able to contribute.
+But it was also a dead-end when it came to political power.
+Not as much of a dead-end as any of Sarla's options, to be fair.
+Growth as a specialisation was useful for keeping everyone fed, but it was also a good way to make sure you were too valuable to be anywhere besides tending crops.
+And scholarship was worse.
+
+―By the way, that's not the best part of today, Cyril continued.
+	I heard something interesting.
+
+Marina's eyebrows raised.
+
+―There was an emergency Council meeting on Saturday.
+
+Marina sighed.
+―C'mon, Cyril.
+	That's not interesting.
+	Like, I thought you had some juicy gossip.
+	You know Commander Darius's son, Jann?
+	He was caught, shall we say, in a very particular act, with Grigory, your old friend, she said, indicating Sarla.
+	Both likely going to be expelled from the Hierarchy and barred from the City.
+
+―Wow, Sarla said.
+	That's more punishment than he got for trying to ruin my life.
+
+Marina grimaced.
+There was a hint of an awkward pause before Cyril cut in.
+
+―Okay, but this you will find interesting.
+	This was a meeting about mending relationships with the Republic.
+	Or rather, about convincing President Laurence not to send forces in to take over the City.
+
+The last line came out with perhaps more vigour than was expected, and yaks at a few nearby tables looked over.
+Sarla glanced at them.
+They were younger, and probably wouldn't be privy to any sort of news about this.
+
+Cyril noticed, and half-whispered.
+―There are a few Councillors who have started to agree that it is time to divest the Hierarchy of Yakaterina's issues.
+	Clover said that she might be expelled and her doctrine declared Heresy.
+
+Sarla wasn't sure how to react.
+There had never been a Hierarch expelled like that.
+It didn't entirely even make sense how that could happen.
+
+―Does the Council actually have the power to expel someone from the Hierarchy?
+	I thought it was a power of the Hierarch alone.
+
+Cyril nodded.
+―Yeah, I think there would have to be some research on how to do it.
+	And then there's the question of who could be her successor.
+	Or even replacement, or however that would work.
+	All Clover said is that there were some in favour of looking into it.
+	And Yury didn't say yes, but he didn't say no either.
+
+―What does Master Clover think? Marina asked.
+
+Cyril laughed.
+―She obviously can't exactly say until she knows how it's going to play out.
+
+Marina gave Sarla a look, which Sarla knew was something to the effect of _wow, Clover is a bit of a horrible opportunist_.
+Sarla tried to convey back acknowledgement and agreement, but she wasn't sure her face could express anything besides generalised worry.
+
+―All good?, Cyril asked, obviously seeing Sarla's worry.
+
+―Yeah, all good.
+
+This was a bit of a lie.
+Research, or anything even close to research, was the first thing that would get cut.
+The Council had no choice but to let Masters like Master Auroklos do what they wanted, but Sarla's own position could become quite difficult.
+And she had no guarantee Auroklos would even try to protect her from anything the Council would do if she didn't comply and just start producing food.
+Let alone any idea that he could be successful.
+
+―By the way, have you had any luck finding stuff you want to do?
+
+―