"Wait, this place has been here for YEARS and there's still no barracks, kitchen, or mess hall for the Magisters? The roof is full of holes!"
"The dock at the prison is blocked by sunken boats. There's no solid road to the dock on the other side of the island. There's chunks of debris in the jail, including one entire cell unusable because of debris. But it's apparently been years since the Magisters started using this as a prison for Sourcerers"
There's a war on, they have to be selective with the budget. Bishop Alexander needs the best immediately around him.
They had been going to arrange a full meal, but Flenser's been feeding the other Magisters a steady selection of tender morsels for years, and they've never chosen to question him, except maybe some of the ones having a long lie down outside.
