Sorry, I'm having a hell of a week, and not in the good way
While glad to hear the responses from his Cabal-mates Faust's attention focused primarily on Flidais. "That's-" he began, sounding very much like the word was about to start an entirely different sentence than the one he finished, "actually a very valid point." The Warlock pulled a handkerchief out of his pocket with a sigh and took his glasses off to clean them. Something about the act of removing his spectacles seemed to drain all the life out of him; he deflated, heavy bags under his eyes that spoke to a significant lack of sleep became noticeable without any obstruction in front of them, and he developed the ragged look of someone with too much stress for too long. "I'm still not used to this city, the lack of established tradition and resources," he said with a forlorn voice, "the things I took for granted, gone. I've been to my fair share of less developed places in this world, but I've never felt so much like I was on the frontier."
Finished cleaning his glasses Faust put them on and blinked, allowing his eyes to adjust to the clearer vision. In an instant his vigor returned as if nothing had happened, "But I suppose that is all the more reason to do what needs to be done. You are right of course, I've gotten ahead of myself. First things first is to find out what is available, then we can figure out what needs to be done. Maybe we get really lucky, maybe we can find a mobile locus." Here he seemed to stop and think about how to proceed before adding, "The truth is I have a lot of work to do filling in some of the blanks in our collective knowledge of the local Shadow. I will admit to blatant self interest in this, as well as for the attempted betterment of my Cabal, our Order, and the Concilium at large. Ultimately while I am certainly glad for the help I do have," here the professor offered grateful smiles to Wayland and Varyx, "As far as I'm aware you are the only other Pentacle Mage in the city with any understanding of Spirit and having your help could prove invaluable. I'm willing to negotiate terms up to and including what we collectively do with the resources we find."