"There was an almost empty silence that followed the fact that they had made a rough agreement. Each race realized that they had not made a permanent and solid agreement to an alliance with Genesis. They had just made an agreement to share some knowledge and look at things.
Simply put, they were not going to be able to keep themselves ahead of trade with this outside alliance. Nor would they guarantee that they would be keeping new knowledge moving to them to push ahead of the other three either.
It also meant that they would need to show that they could uphold their ends of the agreement as the emissaries of Genesis arrive and as they leave, and even while they wait for their groups to return. It meant that they had to just wait without results. Without trade. Without benefits.
"We can send our group within the day." The bronze dwarf tried to sneak ahead of the others but the entire party were already shaking their heads.
