"Yeah."

"...I don't know how to get enough people - together to do that. And I don't know how to prioritize if we can't protect everyone."

"So that's where we're at. If you're interested in helping us put this together."

"I'm interested."

"Good."

Then they can start working things out.

An early thing to decide will be who else to pull in first.

They're probably going to need enclaver resources, but El does want to try to keep to people who will be willing to not take over the project.

And if they're keeping up ties with the enclaves beyond establishing their new system - they'll have to worry about future enclavers, too.

Mm. It all comes back to why the Scholomance works at all, really- it's almost entirely disconnected from the outside world.

And a lot of the reason the enclaves keep together in school is that connection to the outside world - that they were raised to work together, and that when they leave they might have to face accountability for anything they did to others within their own enclave. 

True. An advantage this project lacks.

Something other than their first idea - an enclave for the enclave-less - might work better, honestly, though Liesel isn't sure what off the top of her head. 

Better to spend the time on figuring out what is going to work than chase their tails on something that won't work.

And in this early stage is when it'll be easiest to change details. 

Right.

Luthien can't think of other ideas right now either, though. 

Maybe... something like a neighborhood watch scheme?

Like what Shanghai does with the patrols?

More or less.

It'd overlap with Shinta's thing about patroling the freshman hall on Induction day... Though if they're just expanding patrols - that might be most efficient to have just go through Shanghai, since they're setting it up anyways... Or it might help sustainability if they set up independent patrols, plus encourage patrols by other enclaves, that interface a bit with each other...

Best to give more people a stake in it, El thinks.

It'll reduce the chance of the entire thing falling apart, too - and the different groups might pressure each other to keep up their side.

If the mals come back after Lu and El are gone, they might not have to worry about it turning to gang violence, either.

They're still pretty early in the year, too... She'll be surprised if the numbers don't go back up soon - there's usually some big spikes right before field day.

They'll have to keep an eye out.