Then you'll find no shortage of resources within the Citadel's library. Though, do be sure to ask a more reliable source when comparing notes.
Here, the Regent's plan to rewrite the Universe is celebrated as a religion, while our leader themselves is revered and worshiped like a god.
As with any religious texts, there are variations throughout history, which change depending on the author's vision and their creative liberties. With the contents being more spiritual in nature, as opposed to an exact science, the reader has to extrapolate what might be fact or embellishment. [ Basically, don't get your hopes up too high about approaching this academically. With worshipers injecting their own wild speculations or fabricating outright fairy-tales, some of the sources don't offer a history lesson but pure folklore. ]
I've not personally spoken to our senior Kenoma here, but Xishen may be able to clarify something for you if it could prove useful in our overall goal. [ He's not sure how long the more elusive Aion has existed here, or what she may have been witness to, but he has a feeling she may be helpful in guiding him in the right direction. All the more if Crane informed her that something discovered in his research could turn the tide in this war. ]
Fair warning, be sure you're prepared for the price when you go hunting for books. In this place, it seems those aren't a cheap, mass-produced commodity, but more like a luxurious expense, what with the limited resources for printing reflecting the exorbitant cost. [ Now, that is something J can allow himself to be honest about, and his great disappointment in being denied an endless supply of reading fodder to kill time is clear as day. He's no scientist, but after living some seven hundred years, seeing every nook and cranny of the world that he was summoned to, and doing a little of everything, life gets monotonous without something new to learn between the pages of a book. ] While we are given a generous allowance by the Regent, no stipend is an endless gravy train. And extravagances can see that dry up quickly.
[ At the suggestion that Crane might begin manufacturing goods of a more recreational nature, J gives a light laugh through the shared space. Hey, mad respect to the hustle, Dr. Crane. Sometimes you need a day job to support your passion. Even if that's concocting hallucinogenics. If he goes full-blown Walter White, there may be some pushback from the local drug bosses. Then again, perhaps it'll eventually be smooth sailing, what with Crane's status as a beloved Kenoma Aion and the very real threat he could prove to any opposition, if he gets his toxins in production. ]
Should you be so magnanimous to provide for the general populace, I've a feeling they'll take to your wares like fish to water, no matter the cost. [ The citizens here are always looking for that next high before the curtain closes on their lives. Whatever Crane offers, as long as it's a consensual deal and no children are involved, the Regent probably won't even shrug over it. ]
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Here, the Regent's plan to rewrite the Universe is celebrated as a religion, while our leader themselves is revered and worshiped like a god.
As with any religious texts, there are variations throughout history, which change depending on the author's vision and their creative liberties. With the contents being more spiritual in nature, as opposed to an exact science, the reader has to extrapolate what might be fact or embellishment. [ Basically, don't get your hopes up too high about approaching this academically. With worshipers injecting their own wild speculations or fabricating outright fairy-tales, some of the sources don't offer a history lesson but pure folklore. ]
I've not personally spoken to our senior Kenoma here, but Xishen may be able to clarify something for you if it could prove useful in our overall goal. [ He's not sure how long the more elusive Aion has existed here, or what she may have been witness to, but he has a feeling she may be helpful in guiding him in the right direction. All the more if Crane informed her that something discovered in his research could turn the tide in this war. ]
Fair warning, be sure you're prepared for the price when you go hunting for books. In this place, it seems those aren't a cheap, mass-produced commodity, but more like a luxurious expense, what with the limited resources for printing reflecting the exorbitant cost. [ Now, that is something J can allow himself to be honest about, and his great disappointment in being denied an endless supply of reading fodder to kill time is clear as day. He's no scientist, but after living some seven hundred years, seeing every nook and cranny of the world that he was summoned to, and doing a little of everything, life gets monotonous without something new to learn between the pages of a book. ] While we are given a generous allowance by the Regent, no stipend is an endless gravy train. And extravagances can see that dry up quickly.
[ At the suggestion that Crane might begin manufacturing goods of a more recreational nature, J gives a light laugh through the shared space. Hey, mad respect to the hustle, Dr. Crane. Sometimes you need a day job to support your passion. Even if that's concocting hallucinogenics. If he goes full-blown Walter White, there may be some pushback from the local drug bosses. Then again, perhaps it'll eventually be smooth sailing, what with Crane's status as a beloved Kenoma Aion and the very real threat he could prove to any opposition, if he gets his toxins in production. ]
Should you be so magnanimous to provide for the general populace, I've a feeling they'll take to your wares like fish to water, no matter the cost. [ The citizens here are always looking for that next high before the curtain closes on their lives. Whatever Crane offers, as long as it's a consensual deal and no children are involved, the Regent probably won't even shrug over it. ]