"One might also swim in three dimensions," the amphibious academic adds. The thought does lead him to questions, though, as most new ideas do. "Where do star-ships hide, that their approach may be unexpected? Among the clouds?"

"Would it not be wise to carry a second of these cores, in case the first should fail? Then, also, it might be a weapon without being a last resort."

Some ideas, Shade-Seeker grasps easily given his backgrounds, but others inspire inquiry. Shields he understands as a mage, and when the present questions have been sorted, he might ask about kinds of shields, and whether starships attune themselves to the threat the way mages must.