A1. I went and spoke with Celling during his trip back to the capital. I've also been in contact with the scientists you've called in to study the situation, naturally, as my position dictates. Some of their conclusions are quite interesting. Asking our allies more detailed questions and being able to listen to the answers without their large societal biases provides more information than was first apparent.
Enir Nest seems satisfied by this. “Well, we can’t sign treaties on the word of hearsay,” he notes. He then turns to King Karastotz. “Your Majesty, I request permission to visit the portal and further ascertain the political scene there, as well as opening negotiations with the remaining Visionaries.”
“Granted,” Karastotz says. “Take Celling with you; he has information regarding both situations.”
“Mira, you and Fallas d’Florist are going to come along as well,” Nest continues, gesturing at them. “Given that the Protinam power is genetic, we should be able to duplicate them with biological manipulation.”
“Fallas?” Mira askes. “Since when is that quack an authority?”
“Dr. d’Florist is at least half responsible for all of our major uplifting breakthroughs,” Nest replies. “He comes along.”
“Wait,” Quill says. “Right before Padelheb threw me in jail, I was trying to deal with a blackmailer that was threatening to release secrets pertaining to the Cherub project.
Did we ever get riots over that?”
“Padelheb tried to pin it on you as justification to the masses for locking you up,” Nest replies. “After his demise, we convinced them that most of the evidence he produced was fabricated by his agents, and that the Cherub project was solely the work of T. Levin, who has exiled himself in repentance. The blackmailer himself was never seen again.”
Nest seems to be indecisive about where Quill goes - what does Erin Quill want to do?A: Go to South America in order to assist Mira and Fallas
B: Stay in Antarctica to work on detecting David’s teleports and possibly other things
And about the Cherub secrets?A: What the people don’t know won’t hurt them
B: Let’s set the record straight - Quill did approve that, even though he had little to do with it personally