"They might go to war for it."

"And reds have been in it, now."

"Makes it less likely."

"And maybe seasons need maintenance."

"It would sure be convenient if seasons needed maintenance."

"If they didn't it'd probably be humans doing it somehow, not elementals. Artifacts."

"Do rainforest seasons temporarily and then maybe we can get artifacts for the planets."

"The artifacts would be a lot of development time off."

"Years or decades?"

"I don't know."

Nod. "How many people can a Shadow move at a time?"

"Couple dozen, maybe, but that's a single trip, they'd have to wait before they could go back."

"If we rescue all the Shadows in the world how many will that be?"

"I don't know. Hundreds probably."

"And of course many of them will just want to go about their lives and have nothing to do with this." Headshake. "Well, we'll figure something out."

"I hope so. Thanks for helping me pull off the rescue."

"Of course. I am glad it went smoothly and look forward to doing it as many times as needed until there are not elemental slaves."

"Could an artifact be made that does interworld travel?"

"...maybe. I'd need a lot of elementals helping if I could do it at all."

"That'd be the best solution in the long run, but I know you can't rush it."

"I can start thinking about it, though. And things to make air constantly so Airs don't have to just hang out filling up planets."

"I bet they will appreciate not doing that. And if you have a product you have a lot more invisible leeway on things."

"Oh?"

"It's obvious you're not bluffing about planets, and people have something concrete to take home to their superiors."