After a brief break for lunch – food was brought in by a small army of servants, and the nobles were served fresh bread, cheese, chilled meat, and w...tered wine - the Landsmeet approved a small increase in taxes from the lands unaffected by the Blight to help those with damaged lands rebuild, as well as support the Grey Wardens. Cailan spent some time explaining trade deals he’d worked out with various cities in the Free Marches, Nevarra, Orzammar, and Orlais to aid in the recovery. He announced. Is twenty dollars a head the least you'd take for them?" Well, I don't know. I'd have to give it some thought." We'd offer you fifteen dollars a head paid in gold tonight if you're interested. I just don't think we'd be able to go any higher than that. There's too much of a chance of losing some of them before we get to Oregon." I just don't know. I'd like to think on it a day or two." Think all you'd like, Albert. If one of them breaks a leg going down that big hill tomorrow, you're the one. "When it is time to fight, we fight. When it is time to hunt, we hunt. When it is time to learn, I learn. I never thought about it."Pina stared at her a moment."You are not helping me like you. Do you ever just do something because it is fun? Just because you like to do it?"Tika shrugged again."I like to fight. I like to hunt. I like to learn." she stated.Pina threw her arms up in exasperation."Come on! There must be something you like to do besides fight and hunt!"Tika thought about it."I like. He probably knows more than anyone." He's not particularly communicative," said Captain Kerensky cautiously. "He spends almost all his time with his wife or wandering aimlessly about the outermost level where he lives. He must be the most unimpressive scientist I've ever met." Appearances can be very deceptive," was Taalat's opinion.Nadezhda could see there might yet be wisdom in the cliché. After all, there was an extraordinary level of security surrounding a man whose academic discipline was.