Gosh, look at how Trevor is not saying anything here. Not saying anything at all.

"I think it'd be helpful to propose a system used by a good Earth government as a starting framework, if there are any you endorse."

"Dreamshaping is not public known and mass dreamsharding is likely a new invention. The public belief is that pocket dimensions are either natural occurring or the creation of witch-queens. I can't even tell you for certain which is which. There are laws related to pocket-dimensions but they don't reflect a reality where a person could use them to sidestep obstacles or create armies. That said there are things about the use of magic or what to do when a pocket dimension is discovered across a border, which might be useful. I'll look it up."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome. What else we should discuss in that front if anything?"

"I know who I would like to bring in next, but they'd react - very badly - to being threatened or to things that look threatening but are expressively intentioned. Should I maybe wait and invite less fraught people, or is that going to be okay from here forward?"

"Who? I can reassure you that we are going to do our best to come off as non-threatening in the future. At least not accidentally and even then only when problems arise from dreamshaping misuse and with your guidance. We want to change where we perform the dreamshaping-granting. Not use our residence but a new building of my own making. Likely, rent a space in one of the Linas so people can walk in. Hire various staff. The point is making it look professional, predictable and safe. It would also work as a more formal place to interface with your governments, likely kept even when we move our operation. Presuming this is all okay."

"I think that's a great idea. Hire staff as in hire Amentans, or were you planning to make more people?"

"Hire Amentans. I should talk to you how to best make money for that purpose. I'm not planning to make any nongreens until I have figured out the best powerset for my people."

"He thinks that the firegray seeing-what-you-hate thing might be a PR disaster, unfair to existing grays and very unfair to his creations. His dreamshaping is letting him being somewhat flexible, but once he manifests a person of that caste the power is going to be set."

"Somewhat, but when I ask for alternatives it wants to start with reds and the options are: flight, invisibility and something like a shield. I wouldn't find the last one very objectionable, but it comes attached with firegrays that go berserk."

"You should not make reds with magic powers. I can't really be emphatic enough about how bad an idea that is."

"I am not going to make reds with magic powers." Felix says firmly. "But my magic wants to have a set of rules about creating reds and interacts with my emotions and with the other castes' powers. And I was thinking in terms of how people would react that flying reds could even exist."

"Might kill all reds just in case."

"Exactly. I personally find the current firered ability to see things they fear a much greater tactical advantage than flight. But I understand if that isn't how pollution hysteria works."

"How exactly is it a tactical ability?"

"They could spy on the people most likely to hurt them. They could see cops coming, politicians plotting, even people working on robots. Fear is a rather common emotion whenever there is a conflict and reds are very afraid."

"As long as you're not actually making any reds I suppose it's all theoretical. I'm not really sure it's necessary to make any more people at all."

"I don't want to make people. But I think it's wise to plan for the possibility. Situations that might force my hand are the sorts where poorly thought-out decisions could cost lives, thus I'm planning on advance and asking you the trade-offs. So, I don't regret picking hate-seer firegrays over berskerker firegrays. The decision, once made, might stick with me for thousands of years."

"Is it not flexible enough to give the greys a useful powerset? Healing or endurance or something?"

"It's hard to explain. All the powers are connected. If I pull one way it affects the other powers when I try to shape them, which takes time. And the magic is making me pick a new red power before picking anything else. I didn't even tried the other colors when it offered me flight. Reds with invisibility gave me grays that negate it. I think it's that grays are going to have a theme of being anti-red somehow."

"Maybe if you met more Amentans it would change your dimension's prejudices?"

"Possibly. Might not work due to lack of... emotional weight as strong as the deaths that I caused. But I don't think that trying is going to be harmful."

"Makes sense. Isel's hiring someone to get Tani fencing lessons; anything like that you'd be interested in?"

"Fencing lessons? I suppose I could learn how to dance."