It's roughly what he'd expected and that means he has a good sense of what to counter-offer. "I will stay, do as you wish, and advise you to the best of my ability, all until I finish reading your library. At that point, if you are still at war, we can revisit our terms."

He'd had access to the public facing Jin libraries and those had a few interesting tidbits, but the best was kept hidden.

"It is not his head, but there may be a route to taking it."