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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[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.