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Pai met Lhan in the morning, at the monastery next to [[Kholinar Palace]].{{book ref|sa2|i|12}} They walked through the [[Circle of Memories]] and into the eastern wing of the palace, conversing about Pai's new position within the queen's retinue. Lhan tried to explain to Pai that a life of luxury was now hers, but Pai was more concerned with the queens recent actions, canceling the [[Beggar's Feast]]s, leaving food to rot while the poor starved, and her general excess and debauchery. Despite Lhan's explanation that the queen gave her ardents easy lives because she feared that the [[Almighty]] was displeased with her, Pai maintained that they were merely sycophants and needed to be honest with the queen.
Lhan took Pai to the service yard behind the kitchens to show her a number of piles of rotting food, explaining that the extra food there had once been distributed to the poor by another ardent who had died.{{book ref|sa2|i|12}} Lhan told Pai that if she kept quiet and did not interfere with the ardents' lives, she could do a great deal of good for the needy of the city by regularly distributing this food. He also told her that if she made too much of a
Pai sat and stared at the food until that evening, when Lhan returned to speak with her asking after her decision.{{book ref|sa2|i|12}} Pai asked him what he thought of the spiritual cost of his actions. She wondered if any of the Alethi elite even cared for or believed in the Almighty anymore. She also asked him why no one heard from the Almighty anymore, why the [[Herald]]s had not returned to denounce the [[Heirocracy]] if it had been so evil. She told Lhan that she had decided that she would remain in Kholinar to do good and try to be an example for others to follow.
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