"I think High Priestess Saina is quite suitable. You have made enormous contributions to The Church, possess extremely powerful strength, you are favored by the gods, and you even have Dragon Blood..." the Mandrill blabbered on and on.
"Great Prophet, who else have you said similar things to?"
"No one, just you."
That meant there were others.
Let's make a bold assumption, he'd said it to all the Divine Oracle High Priests.
Saina smiled and nodded, starting a mutual praise session with the Great Prophet, and the two quickly established an alliance, reaching a lightning-speed agreement to become allies.
Once they had finished praising each other, they turned and went their separate ways.
Even written contracts can be torn up, but a verbal agreement...
All I can say is, having one is better than not having any, a lame promise is still a promise, sort of like saying you'll pay back money in a few days.
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Villa number four.