Shirley wiped the smile from her face and came over, nudging her sister aside, then said to Adam, "I know this is abrupt, but psychokinesis matters a great deal to us sisters. We've both tried optimizing the rune structure, but without the core knowledge our efficiency stays very low. If you're willing, we'd like to trade other knowledge for it, of equal value."
The three-way conversation drew the attention of everyone else in the room.
Adam's name was fairly well known among the League's academies, though with an apprentice's limited horizons none of them could grasp the significance of the new energy source. Psychokinesis, on the other hand, had brought them benefits they could feel for themselves.