[Nuranar]

Just a quick question that occurred to me when I thought about reactions to the speech:

Does anyone know that the Dwarf mines are abandoned? Although the King didn't say that there were Dwarves there, he did say that food and supplies would be. Just hearing that, someone would assume there are Dwarves, too. Was the King deliberately disingenuous? If anyone knows that there are no Dwarves, who would that be?

I'm asking especially for Lissi, of course. She's not "in the know" intelligence-wise. However, she's certainly well-read; even if something's not common knowledge, she's more likely to know it than the ordinary citizens.

Thanks!
Nuranar