[Alex was surprised when Strand agreed with her, but she didn't comment on it. Normally she had reached more resistance than that, which meant that she maybe wasn't being as out there as she was thinking. It was good, at least that other people could see the argument she was making and getting it.

But she also understood where Peter was coming from, it could be them just wanting to do it to prove that they could, but it still seemed like if that was the case, they might want to wait and do it in a month that wasn't entirely designed around mourning.

Nodding to both of them, Alex added quickly:]

A local or locals who have the ability to combine magic and technology. Expertly it seems like, or this would be going much differently.