Rayven rolled up his sketches and notes and gave them to Gene. They weren't his original copy anyway.
After that, Rayven also gave the 95 gold coins to him, so he could start forming connections with relevant suppliers, before Rayven finally stepped out of the archives room.
It was a fruitful conversation. He knew that Gene would work quite a lot on this, so he must give him a decent share, and it must be in writing…
Gene was sharp, diligent, and already thinking five steps ahead.
'If I treat him like an ordinary clerk, I'll lose him sooner or later…' Rayven thought…
'But if I make him a true partner… he'll fight for this as though his own blood were in it.'
The thought of shares came to him then.
In his old world, partnership wasn't just about wages. It was about ownership, about giving someone a stake in the future. It created loyalty deeper than pay, because the success of the whole became the success of the individual.
But how much was fair?
