Finally! My work with Balaur energies is finally gaining the official recognition it deserves!

It seems that there is a lot of Drana production in Balaurea, which in turn has increased interest in its effects on Dark Poeta.

I've been officially charged with researching both worlds, and how Drana is both created and used. This is very exciting.

Player: "Congratulations."

Thank you. Still, this means that my work has really only just begun.

I'm confronted with an interesting dilemma: I want more Drana energy produced so I can study it. Yet letting that happen also helps the Balaur.

Perhaps we can sever the connection between those two factors by killing the largest creatures and devices that harvest and use Drana. Would you help me do that?

Player: Accept.

Excellent! There are several major targets to chose from. The first are the Marabata of Strength, Marabata of Aether, and Marabata of Poisoning of Lake Maravata.

Then there are Spaller Echtra, Spaller Rakanatra, and Spaller Dhatra in the Drana Fields.

Finally, there are the Telepathy Controller, Main Power Generator, Auxiliary Power Generator, and Emergency Generator in Timolia Mine.

They are all dangerous, heavily guarded, or both. But they use most of the Drana in Dark Poeta, so their destruction would serve my purpose...and that of Asmodae.

Player: "Got it. It's as good as done."

My work is proceeding apace. Now all I need is more Drana from Dark Poeta to work with.

As it's a possible future, the Drana has had much time to strengthen and change. That makes it absolutely vital to my studies.

So will I have my samples? Has Drana use in Dark Poeta been sufficiently diminished?

Player: "It has, very much so."

Good. Not only will this make more Drana available to me, it will also keep the Balaur from making things worse.

Or will it? Dark Poeta is a possible future, after all. Can we in its past affect what, to Dark Poeta, has already occurred?

Bah, it gives me a headache. Temporal logic is not my field. At any rate, please take this as your payment.