[ Reid actually pauses to take a breath before speaking, which should be any listener's warning they're about to get an exposition dump. His hands leave his cart to gesture in the air in between pushing it along. He assumes Tony wants actual detail, not a hard and fast summation, so he launches right into it. ]
I've learned several things, the most interesting of which is that our progress toward wish fulfillment is tracked, and we can check in and see what our status is at any time. Someone aggressive at building up goodwill and physical intimacy can achieve wish fulfillment in an average time course of three months. It's currently unknown if there are wishes that are too big to fulfill, as we return home for the fulfillment and the administrators of Cadelle don't interfere or keep track after that point. They are aware, however, that wishes interfering with someone else's consent don't work, in keeping with city moral code. In addition, progress is tracked in general, not toward specific stated wishes, so there's no concern about us changing our minds or picking a different wish at the last minute.
[ He pauses for another breath before finishing, ] It's all in pursuit of powering the energy requirements of the city. They fulfill wishes as a thank you for our participation, by granting us a piece of the larger Energem used as the primary power source. These pieces are what's referred to as 'wish stones'.
I was thinking of creating a survey to create statistical data about rates of wish fulfillment, but that information might be too personal to effectively collect on a wider basis.
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I've learned several things, the most interesting of which is that our progress toward wish fulfillment is tracked, and we can check in and see what our status is at any time. Someone aggressive at building up goodwill and physical intimacy can achieve wish fulfillment in an average time course of three months. It's currently unknown if there are wishes that are too big to fulfill, as we return home for the fulfillment and the administrators of Cadelle don't interfere or keep track after that point. They are aware, however, that wishes interfering with someone else's consent don't work, in keeping with city moral code. In addition, progress is tracked in general, not toward specific stated wishes, so there's no concern about us changing our minds or picking a different wish at the last minute.
[ He pauses for another breath before finishing, ] It's all in pursuit of powering the energy requirements of the city. They fulfill wishes as a thank you for our participation, by granting us a piece of the larger Energem used as the primary power source. These pieces are what's referred to as 'wish stones'.
I was thinking of creating a survey to create statistical data about rates of wish fulfillment, but that information might be too personal to effectively collect on a wider basis.