C140 As You Wish(1)

Waiting tends to feel interminable, stretching one's perception of time to an agonizing crawl.

This was precisely how Daniel, the Right Prince of the Lion King's Court, felt as time seemed to inch by.

"How many have perished?"

Though Prince Daniel's query lacked a clear subject, his entourage understood exactly what he meant.

"Your Majesty, nearly 400