"Not necessarily but perhaps. - you know what finding a ton of worlds is good for? Dangerous tasks for Amentan wizards in their billions. ...Cam, I want my number seventeen blue notebook and Prestidigitation Vivisected for Pelape. And anyone else best served by learning wizardry now."

"Vivisected?"

"We are a gruesome people."

Books appear for Pelape and Annie.

"I can try to learn to be a wizard."

"You're less likely to specifically benefit from my notes but I still recommend the textbook."

"I don't have particularly good notes for you, I didn't specialize there."

"Well, no. But we should know whether my kind of Elf can learn it and if we can we should know whether they fork with the ability and so I ought to give it a try."

"I'm also happy to."

"Sorry, I had you down as 'already has some kind of project' but maybe you stopped having one when I was distracted." Books for chip Elves.

"Same, except the question of interest is whether the ability shares across bodies."

"Do we have consensus on letting Anaander be a million wizards?"

"I have a couple of concerns though honestly a low-level wizard can't do that much more murder than a civilian with a weapon and impunity."

"A high-level wizard, though?"

"A million high-level wizards would be pretty bad news."

"And if she can treat a body as expendable she can be pretty efficient about risk-seeking."

"I vote no though I observe it'll be real hard to keep from her in the long term."

"Should I be wizards?"

"I think so."

"We need to be very sure the Presger can't get it out of you."

"It can't!"

"How do you know?"

"It tried and I was very mad at it but it didn't work."

"And you're sure it won't get better at trying?"