Dyste wrote:"I am flattered by the suggestion, Claudia," Tyroth said in response the offer to research the origin on Draconids, "But I feel this is a matter that I feel is best left to our own people." The Dystans were known to be among the best in Mystria when it came to matters of archiving history and obtaining relics, given the long lives and large amount of adventurers, with many discoveries found by Tyroth himself. They could also be immensely stubborn about asking for aid from other lands. Perhaps it was a bit of draconic pride within them that made them feel that way? "If you wish to look at our airships, I can take you for a tour later on, but I would first like to settle our matters here, and also rendezvous with Rylux if he does indeed intend on meeting us."
James meanwhile offered one of the glass tubes with blue lightning to Claudia, "Here, from a fellow researcher to another. It looks simple enough, but it's basically a battery able to be recharged with lightning magic. See, Mages have energy that a lotta people don't have access to, and they can be used to power devices like this. There's more than just lightning magic y'can do this for, wing magic can help fly airships, fire magic can help with heatin', that sorta stuff. A lotta people make the mistake that magic and technology can't be combined, or that tech has made magic obsolete. But no, I know better. If combined, great things can happen... so long as this remains in the right hands. I'm from Corneria originally, and I know that they used to do terrible things with this sorta stuff. It's a tool, able to be used for good or bad. It's the user that makes all the difference."
"I understand the reluctance that you might share about allowing a foreign organisation to research something that is close to the heart of the foundation of your people, however if I may say the Malgravean people initially had a similar reluctance about Spirean offers of assistance against MIDD, as well sadly for a brief period of time we failed to adequately follow the principles of social solidarity and allowed our pride in our own research teams to dictate our actions. In time we eventually accepted the offer of Spirean assistance and our research efforts on that front has been greatly assisted, however we are still mournful of the decision we took earlier. Perhaps the Dystan teams investigating this point of origin would benefit from the assistance of the Ancestral Study Group? I won't press the matter harshly but I think that it is an important lesson to take hold." Claudia said with a reassuring smile, the Minister of Science & Engineering wasn't exactly trained in the intricacies of diplomacy but she knew that starting an argument with a large dragon wasn't the brightest of ideas, especially when the Foreign Ministry wished to strengthen relations between the two nations, "I look forward to meeting Rylux. I understand that his actions have gained himself and Zahhak quite a few fans in Malgrave."
Claudia meanwhile was rather confused by the offering of one of the glass tubes, of course the Malgravean understood the basic principles behind the device but she had no idea why she was being handed such a thing in the middle of a tour of the ASG HQ, "Yes. I am quite aware of the link between magic and technology, Comrade. I have led the creation of quite a few new research departments to explore the front of a field we call Magitech since become Minister of Science & Engineering. In terms of this specific device I must confess that I am rather skeptical of its practicality in all formats due to its presence in a glass tube. I certainly hope that it comes in sturdier formats? If it doesn't I can see that it would need a few improvements in order to be truly effective in the Malgravean market."