"Oh, that makes sense, I sort of forgot that it wasn't just one big spell..."

"--Maybe, if you find someone else with an enclave-relevant affinity, the two of you could ask together, and that would have better luck than just one of you alone."

Nod nod.

"I think I heard something about Shanghai snagging a freshman with a good affinity for infrastructure and then the freshman bailing when they adopted a maleficer, but I don't have any details and it could have been something someone made up."

"I have nothing further for the rumor mill there, alas."

"I'll let you know if I run into someone who seems promising. There's someone in Manchester with a water affinity, which is useful for an enclave but not I think in the right way."

"Also they're already in an enclave, so."

"So are you and I, but I take your point." 

"I can imagine more possible motives for an indie, but yeah, maybe I'm just being unfair, maybe Manchester water kid would love to get in on bootleg enclaving."

“I absolutely agree that an indie is more likely to want in on this, it’s just that an enclave has more slack to do it with.”

Nod nod.

“I admire your ambition.”

"Aw, thank you."

“You’re welcome. I’ll let you know if I find out anything about the ecosystem.”

"I appreciate that."