{"id":934,"date":"2026-02-22T06:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T06:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/?p=934"},"modified":"2026-02-15T14:29:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T14:29:30","slug":"chapter-4-in-philosophical-mood027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/02\/22\/chapter-4-in-philosophical-mood027\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 4 In Philosophical Mood027"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/02\/21\/chapter-3-on-the-canine-wavelength024\/\">Previous<\/a> &#8211; Book1 Page27 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/02\/23\/chapter-4-in-philosophical-mood028\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p><strong>Chapter 4<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>In Philosophical Mood<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to <em>Lancastrian Lines<\/em>, money makes the world go round! That\u2019s their informal strap line. It\u2019s a stark reality too. It might not be written down in their annual report, but it\u2019s widely said by the owners and all the staff. The trouble is that Lancastrian Lines has to move goods around the Irish Sea in order to make the money that makes the world go round, and that risks altercations with the pirates.<\/p>\n<p><em>Freight Conwy<\/em> has the same problem, along with all the other cargo companies operating out of Amlwch, St Patricks Town, and Douglas .<\/p>\n<p>Lancastrian Lines is involved in making money, literally. They have the contract to ship copper from Amlwch to Rhuddlan, and then ship freshly minted coins to Wolfland. These are the ships that the pirates most want to intercept. For this reason, coins are moved according to an irregular and unpredictable pattern.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;o&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSix llamas?\u201d asks KristalClear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, nine llamas,\u201d says Conning, \u201csix llamas left Conwy on Friday and should be here in Lancaster by now. They\u2019re going to Ulverston tomorrow where there are three more to collect, and then they\u2019re all going to Carlisle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, obviously!\u201d says KristalClear sarcastically, \u201cwhy are you shipping nine llamas to Carlisle?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe other one died. That\u2019s why they\u2019re not getting ten!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Normally, Conning works a few part time hours as an order processing clerk at <em>InfiniDash,<\/em> her parents\u2019 shipbroking company. They provision all sorts of ships, and claim to offer an infinite range of supplies. They promise to deliver faster than any of their competitors, and as a result they\u2019ve built a good reputation.<\/p>\n<p>With the help of family connections Conning is spending<\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/02\/21\/chapter-3-on-the-canine-wavelength024\/\">Previous<\/a> &#8211; Book1 Page27 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/02\/23\/chapter-4-in-philosophical-mood028\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Previous &#8211; Book1 Page27 \u2013 Next Chapter 4 In Philosophical Mood According to Lancastrian Lines, money makes the world go round! That\u2019s their informal strap line. It\u2019s a stark reality too. It might not be written down in their annual report, but it\u2019s widely said by the owners and all the staff. The trouble is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/02\/22\/chapter-4-in-philosophical-mood027\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chapter 4 In Philosophical Mood027&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=934"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":941,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934\/revisions\/941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}