That young man is beyond corrupted. He gets hard off of money and if given the chance he'd prolly bust his population plaster all over it :notlikethis::shamihuh:
This was pretty frustrating to be honest. It's obvious Verdel knew it was dangerous and was going to walk away and report it but Lornias just HAD to ruin it.
The experience of reading this is similar to watching a train get derailed, recover, then derail itself once more only 20 meters away from its previous accident.