Meesei nodded in acknowledgment of there answers. "I understand, and I do appreciate both of your offers. Unfortunately, our production capacity has not been our bottleneck. Our limitation has been the acquisition of that specific reagent. Even with better tools, assistants, a better work environment, we would still be producing the same amount of the antidote."

Although their resources could drastically improve their ability to obtain the reagent, Meesei acknowledged that they too had their limitations, even if they were more political than physical. However, that did not mean they could not help. "I understand why you may not be able to obtain much of the plant. But, helping to find a more permanent solution could be even more beneficial. The Dominion has some of the oldest and most experienced magical scholars in the world, and the Empire has multiple, powerful magic institutions. Instead of trying to obtain expensive, rare ingredients, perhaps you might be able to just enlist the aid of a few researchers? People you might be able to trust. Any capable alchemists that might be able to help determine how to grow this Daedric ingredient in Tamriel would be of great help. Actually, they may not necessarily even need to know the reason behind it. It may be possible to pose as a private investor and offer a reward to anyone who can create a successful, repeatable process. If you cannot discretely acquire all of the necessary funds, my clans might be able to pool together some gold to assist."

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Ahnasha had not taken her eyes off of the crystal in front of her at any point, but she did let out a long sigh with Fendros' question. The thoughts of Rhazii refusing her offers had entered her mind many times before, and they were far from comforting. "Well...it's not like I can force him to accept. If he doesn't, then...I don't know. I guess just whatever happens will happen. I, um, don't know if I would want to have any more children after that, though. I don't know that I could handle it."

Being rather eager to move on from the topic, Ahnasha continued fairly abruptly. "Aside from all that, though, I know I want to really explore Tamriel one day, but not like we've been doing. I want to do it without the war, without all of our responsibilities. I want to go to new places, and revisit some of those we've already been to, and just take in what they have to offer. I want to find new, challenging creatures to hunt, maybe take their bones and make some exotic thralls. That would be an interesting collection."