"We have other ways of keeping time if anyone really needs to mark it so closely." Felix shrugs, clearly doubting how common that need is. "And in cities - at least in Cyrodiil - the chapel bells ring the hours for everyone."

He thinks over what she's saying before observing, "Your system sounds something like our provinces with their kings and nobles. In Cyrodiil the cities and surrounding counties are governed by counts and countesses on behalf of the emperor. Otherwise the nobles don't hold direct power, except in whatever position the Empire chooses to grant them. Civil ones, mostly. There aren't many hereditary posts any more... well, officially. I'm sure you know how that can be."