Bewildering Flattering

Clive was someone who knew who he was, for good and for ill. He knew what he liked, what his skills were, and where he excelled. He was someone who craved efficiency of action. He was most useful in his research lab, working towards advancements in astral magic. The next best use of his time was taking care of his administrative duties as assistant to the deputy director, a position mainly created because both people in charge of actually overseeing the day-to-day management of the branch preferred to spend their time on… *other* activities. They were not people who craved efficiency of action.By far, the least productive thing Clive could do was travel out to the delta and spend multiple days hunting down mangrove snatchers. That was something any adventurer could manage. They were slow, unintelligent, and not particularly dangerous to someone with essences. Clive *hated* using his time unproductively.