Ivee and Sophie looked at each other while the queen explained all this, Ivee getting the feeling that approaching the idea of the responsibilities these titles obviously came with as managing a very large store was probably the best, and certainly the easiest, way to think about it.
When the queen mentioned Nikki and Amira, Sophie choked on a giggle, while Ivee joined the queen with rolling her eyes. "Oh, those two. They spend the first few hours of the day chatting, then they seem to reluctantly go off to do their housework, then it's right back to gossiping. The other folks in town who have jobs that don't require they be in the fields or behind a counter the whole time do more to raise their kids than they do. They're part of the town, we won't drive them out or anything, but lady, if we wouldn't love it if they'd stop being... well, them."