He emails Isel.

Talking with various governments about the red dimension. I have arguments for how pocket dimensions can prevent riots and sneaking out that don't play on how they can use dreamshaping to be terrible to their reds. Not as much for strikes. Ideas?

The aliens are going to take that proposal under consideration.

Presumably they can still go kill the reds if they strike, right?

Yes. And similarly they are going to have greater control on their comings and goings because the reds are extra-dimensionally distant. We really need to find more of yous to run red dimensions.

I don't think you'll find that. I hope I'm wrong, but - things'll look different if they existed.

I would be happy with just half of a you to be honest. Or a you that only came out of the woodwork because there is a valid niche now.

Probably some places have that, yeah.

And at least we can... screen a lot of candidates. I just hope that we don't take so long that countries get dangerously desperate.

People'll start fussing if it's up in the air come child credit time but that's more than a season from now.

Yeah, I was hoping that by then we have at least foreign dreamshaper candidates so people are less likely to think that Anitam is grabbing all the pocket dimensions to themselves.

I think you want them dreamshaping, at least, like, Tapa's, so they can issue more credits.

I do want them to have dreamshaping! I want them to have more child credits! At no point I'm withholding the dreamshaping because I don't want them to be happy with extra children! But these emails sure are depressing on the red cooperation front. I will email the ones concerned with strikes and Tapa already looked like a good candidate! Might take a closer look into it now that you pointed it out.

Tapa'll be responsible and they've got the most people.

I see. Thank you. I'm going to email them about the strikes.

And Felix does that. He asserts that he really doesn't see how a red dimension facilitates strikes and riots, if anything the extra isolation only helps against them. He is actually astonished that they think sneaking out would be somehow any easier (he adds polite comments to the effect that he doesn't think they read how pocket dimensions actually work.)

How are the Tapa's prospects?

They're fine with a red dimension assuming certain monitoring can be in place. They want ten dreamshapers before they can justify diverting a dimension to reds.

He emails Aitim.

Do you think that the demand for ten dreamshapers is reasonable? I'm mostly afraid of losing leverage in the immediate future.

What were you going to spend the leverage on? 

Mostly, I want a proverbial carrot so they don't feel tempted to turn against their reds or the more generic bad dreamshaping uses. I was hoping something like a steady, constant dreamshaper supply in exchange of good behavior could be that carrot.

I think Tapa'll want more than ten, badly enough you've still got decent bribery available.

I see. Thank you. For everything.

Is Tapa on the clear on the others demands? No dreamshaping misuse? Rights for potential fish-citizens?

They're happy to meet those very reasonable terms!

Good. Felix (and his staff) is willing to set up the selection process for Tapa's candidates. Pocket dimensions are personality dependent, but hard to predict in advance. Keep that in mind while selecting candidates. Also keep in mind that magic might be used on the selection process.

The obvious choice is using blues, so they can straight-up own their dimensions. Real state blues over politician blues are also preferable both for the sake of pocket dimensions being more about extra land and because of the personality aspect (aiming for specific traits is not easy, but this one is reliable enough to be worth it). Anitam also got dreamshaper greens and while there are concerns about those (they can't own real state), one of the best dimensions (Kantil's) was one of the most reassuringly uncomplicated dimensions they got. No fear of sudden people. No fear of weird magic. Just extra land to be expanded upon.

And he was an economist! Tapa can find a few economists and a dozen reliable respected real estate blues with impeccable backgrounds.

It might not directly correlate with profession and other sorts of greens can help "aim" the pocket dimensions to specific things, like art. They don't object to artistic-inclined dimensions in principle. They're going to interview these candidates regardless. They actually wish to interview more and have candidates for dreamshapers in the future if all goes well. They also want to be more or less sure that they can give them ten livable pocket dimensions if they can manage that.

(And Felix wants to cast a wide net so they can find a red dimension dreamshaper.)

Tapa can provide more candidates! Mostly blues, some landscape artists and photographers.

 And if they wave Tani and Aitim at them, what sort of results do they get?