"Does my friend have personal experience with that or simply through his education?" he asked without judgement, curious. Tianlang-Jun really didn't care much about human rank hierarchies, to be honest. Except as a feature to add drama to stories.

"Ah ha, so it really is like a brothel here then, only without the customers," he concluded. Sex and gambling? As long as they had good food and drink. And music. He had to have music.

"You sound like you're quite well-connected. This lord hasn't seen anyone familiar so far, unfortunately."