There is a certain weight to words where used in such a setting. There always was. The form is nothing new. I may, in time, learn how to use it properly. For now, I prefer to tread with caution. Yet, I don't want to leave my people unaided.

[He may not understand them much but Iskandar values his lawyer followers greatly. The dedication and ambition they all share is something he can relate to. Observing some of them in the court of law made him realize they fight their own battles even if their weapons are words. The most dangerous weapons in the world.]

It goes without saying that such arrangements require written form. It's just courtesy. Who should my Exemplar contact to prepare a proper document?

[If it was only a friendly agreement between two of them his word should be enough. But it is not. Their households would be involved and they fully deserve something tangible to refer to. Iskandar had written many letters and signed many treaties in his life. Half of those documents were not for his or the other party's sake alone. Similarly here his responsibility is not only for his own words and deeds but for his whole Temple, no matter how small it may be.]