After sending Patrick away, Rex felt displeased.
The Telephone Booth Plan was tremendously important, even though few people in the Kingdom of Gilneas actually knew about it.
Yet Rex had made his commitment to wired telegraph lines unmistakably clear.
Anyone could see just how determined Rex was.
But Patrick had turned a blind eye to the importance Rex placed on them. It would have been strange if Rex had been pleased.
He would never use the Magic Telegraph in Peace Town or Southshore. Those places had to use wired telegraph lines.
Dalaran's Magic Telegraph was the Telegraph's greatest rival.
Instead of containing that rival, Patrick was actually helping it expand. Rex had no idea what he was thinking or how he had arrived at that decision.
Patrick had immediately spoiled what had been a reasonably good mood.
In Rex's view, Dalaran's Magic Telegraph was certainly convenient, using magic in place of electricity.
But it was not without drawbacks. At the very least, it had one major flaw: its heavy dependence on magic. Every use consumed a considerable amount.
For Dalaran, that was not particularly difficult to handle.
Dalaran had tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of mages.
Among the tens of millions of humans, most of their mages were concentrated in Dalaran. Like the High Elves, they followed a policy requiring everyone to contribute magic. Every mage had an obligation to donate their own magic.
Supporting the Magic Telegraph was no difficult task for a city like Dalaran.
Outside Dalaran, however, magic consumption became a major problem.
Dalaran could not provide coverage to places too far away. It could only cover the surrounding area.
Peace Town and Southshore, for instance, were both near Dalaran. By Rex's calculations, both should fall within its coverage.
That was why Rex could tolerate