Of course I put the file back in its proper spot! His clerk might have gone rummaging, though.
In any case, that's a good thought. I'll ask for them tomorrow, to reinforce the idea that he's had access to them and I haven't, and plan on a few more days that no doubt he'll hold on to them out of sheer spite whether he actually needs them or not.
In the meantime I can keep going through these financial records. The odd thing is that every camp I've looked at so far has exactly the same veterinary care and supply budget, which seems odd, as they have different sorts of animals (Saltash had cows -- well, might still have cows behind the ward. Taunton Deane, on the other hand, has a flock of sheep and it's a much smaller flock but the same budget. Stroud has goats, and again, same budget. I should check Epping; it's enormous, and I think they've got multiple animal husbandry operations going, so surely their budget will be higher.) It just makes me wonder where they're pulling numbers from. Food budgets are pegged to the size of the camp. Staff budgets are set based on the number of wizards employed there. If it were graft, I'd expect to see one camp that was markedly higher. Probably someone set the figure at some point and no one's altered it since. (I mean, the camp with the goats isn't going to say, 'oh, goats will eat anything! we don't need this much money!')
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Date: 2013-11-20 01:13 am (UTC)In any case, that's a good thought. I'll ask for them tomorrow, to reinforce the idea that he's had access to them and I haven't, and plan on a few more days that no doubt he'll hold on to them out of sheer spite whether he actually needs them or not.
In the meantime I can keep going through these financial records. The odd thing is that every camp I've looked at so far has exactly the same veterinary care and supply budget, which seems odd, as they have different sorts of animals (Saltash had cows -- well, might still have cows behind the ward. Taunton Deane, on the other hand, has a flock of sheep and it's a much smaller flock but the same budget. Stroud has goats, and again, same budget. I should check Epping; it's enormous, and I think they've got multiple animal husbandry operations going, so surely their budget will be higher.) It just makes me wonder where they're pulling numbers from. Food budgets are pegged to the size of the camp. Staff budgets are set based on the number of wizards employed there. If it were graft, I'd expect to see one camp that was markedly higher. Probably someone set the figure at some point and no one's altered it since. (I mean, the camp with the goats isn't going to say, 'oh, goats will eat anything! we don't need this much money!')