Concordia (Shabby): I had never thought alchemy particularly dangerous before, but I see now why it was once so feared.
Concordia (Shabby): It’s an alarmingly powerful art.
Anataeus (Shabby): There’s a good reason alchemists must be licensed before they can practice.
Concordia (Shabby): Would you consider yourself licensed at the moment?
Anataeus (Shabby): That’s a special circumstance.
Concordia (Shabby): By all rights we should be dead, so I doubt it matters now.

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Concordia (Shabby): Imagine, though, if ordinary people could use alchemical engineering in the service of their own well-being.
Anataeus (Shabby): I’m not at all certain that would go well.
Anataeus (Shabby): Besides, even an alchemist can’t reverse the momentum of the world.
Concordia (Shabby): But if it were a group of alchemists, all working to the same end...
Concordia (Shabby): Things could change dramatically.
Anataeus (Shabby): Perhaps. But I very much doubt you could get two alchemists to agree on anything, let alone many of them.