Hye pitched his voice to carry to every corner of the room. "Listen to me carefully. When we are presented with an opportunity like the one we just took, do not calculate your needs based on 'logic' or 'standard rates' alone.
We are not a standard kingdom. We were given an unexpected chance to leapfrog decades of growth, and we had to take it. Learn from this experience. In the future, expect the impossible and make your calculations based on it. Do better next time."
He knew that if Angelica—one of his most grounded administrators—had made such a calculation error, then the rest of them were likely thinking too small as well.
He didn't berate them further; they were all evolving together, treading a path that no one in the history of this universe had ever walked. The silent nodding from the council confirmed that his point had been driven home.
