[There is an ever so slight sparking of embers in his hair at the mention of skeleton fish.] We probably are. And while that is not necessarily new, I had resources at home at least. One needs either numbers or resources to really compete on any meaningful scale.

I have been doing the quests myself. They are somewhat interesting. Though the Chir Batti acting like an angler fish wasn't too difficult to handle.

I will never like getting anything second hand, but its better than nothing at this point. I don't even have my car. [He misses his car. It was a good car!]

Its been a while since I piloted a large air ship, so that would be convenient. Lets see about getting one. I was thinking about getting the license, since they're not making the paperwork a pain to deal with.

I know the feeling. Really, half the reason I've thrown myself into research is because I can't be tinkering on something.