The warm, year-end atmosphere lingered in the office as Entir and I continued to enjoy the magic card game, King of Play, while chatting.

"About those toys that are trending in Lenslet lately. I believe we can produce them ourselves," Entir said.

"Really? That seems like quite a labor-intensive process," I replied, steering the conversation naturally toward business matters.

"Labor costs in the Empire are cheap. If necessary, we can just push the workers harder," he said with a smirk.

"Hmm..."

"I heard the toys currently produced by the Arad Group are barely meeting demand," Entir continued.

"Then how about …