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While others marvelled at all these buildings with fresh eyes, for Kress, it was as if he was finally coming home. As a child, he had often toured around the place, often spending a whole day at the Academy before flying back to the capital, but now...to think he'd be able to live here...it was a comforting thought, and he passed through the familiar landscape with a sense of comforting endearment. A feast, a good night's sleep, and then wham, accelerated learning courses up the wazoo. His skin tingled. He could hardly wait!

...well, had to answer questions first.

Turn to Tatjana once more and feeling rather eager to share his insider information, Kress said, [color=8493ca]"Oh, there is actually. Not stacks, per se, but ever since they've gone international, Arkus Academy's been adding more places for heavy metalwork and the like. There's a pretty smart system for it too, something like a wide-scale Rune system that generates smokeless heat and energy for the forge from vestigal magic energy released in other facilities. Super interesting stuff and brand-new as well."[/color] He chuckled then. [color=8493ca]"Maybe a bit too brand-new, even. I'm not actually sure if they're done with their renovations of that place yet."[/color]