Prompt: red tape
Confirmation
"Green Man take the next slime-brained Water idiot who sends me a, a 'note of confirmation' after the order's been placed," snapped Rosethorn, scribbling on the slate. "Why should I waste ten days making pain-numbing medicines if they can't even be punctual? If Crane hadn't taken over the Air temple, I tell you, it'd be just like this; half the people in there can't think past the next two minutes."
"Don't let him hear you say that," said Lark, looking up with a smile from where she was tracing patterns for Daja's new clothes.
"No: Mila knows we wouldn't want him to get a swollen head," remarked Rosethorn, her voice very dry.