6,714 words. That's the longest story I've written in a very long time.
Tomorrow, we shall see if it can be edited down into something someone someday would want to read... (I guess I'll also have to give everyone in the story names.)
But, for tonight, I'm just jazzed that I actually finished this thing. It was not easy, but I suspect (and don't hold me to this) that it's pretty solid for a first attempt at daggers and nobles.