"Small beings can have small wisdom," the dragon said. "And small wise beings are better than small fools. Listen: Wisdom is caring for afterwards." "Caring for afterwards ...? Ker repeated this without understanding. "After action, afterwards," the dragon said. "Choose the afterwards first, then the action. Fools choose action first." "Judgement" copyright 2003 by Elizabeth Moon
Thank you, I'm guessing that is correct as I did find a reference to "Highcrowns" as a coin. Although it is unclear if that is slang or if it is a currency of any particular country.