The former Dean of the Academy would most certainly say that is a very fine and dangerous line to walk, I'm sure. And I would have agreed when I was his assistant.
But... having done some things in recent years...
[WELL, YOU KNOW. Playing with magic and technology and all that. Ashing the shit out of your assistant.]
I don't know. Sometimes, you have to push past the Academy ethos to find progress.
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Worm Planet...? Is that where we're going next, or something...?
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Shouldn't you know more than me....?
[what is this PLOT]
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You'd be surprised at how much had gone on I had to catch up with, but also how little people actually told me. I think I was just one big surprise.
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[scien really preferred the dead by the end as if the dead aren't also a huge mess]
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They're... Well, so can't say. I think they are organized in the most disorganized way, if that makes sense. They were doing their best.
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[he'll continue to work at the border pieces....]
That doesn't mean it ever amounts to their goals.
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[He would have probably grown even faster, though. Places another edge piece over toward him.]
Not that what I did was disorganized...
[It was a lil. He was tidier than Jayce, though.]
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[that's for darling lucas.....]
I don't care about procedures, mostly, if the results are good enough.
[this comes with caveats, though. some procedures that are too inefficient and cause too much unnecessary sacrifice annoy him]
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But... having done some things in recent years...
[WELL, YOU KNOW. Playing with magic and technology and all that. Ashing the shit out of your assistant.]
I don't know. Sometimes, you have to push past the Academy ethos to find progress.
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[easily,]
But again, it needs to be about results and efficiency. No unnecessary risks or sacrifice, or else it's just more wasteful than it is helpful.