"Little one, are you suggesting we sell this Gnosis to the Fatui in exchange for the resources Inazuma desperately needs? That is quite a bold idea.
"When Ei entrusted the Gnosis to me, I did tease her by asking whether she wasn't worried I might turn around and sell it. But that was only a joke. If we really were to sell it, I would feel a little reluctant to part with it."
"Yucheng, you should understand the value of a Gnosis. Even if we sell it, we must find something of equal value to trade for it. That is no easy task."
"No, it's very easy. For example, we could demand enough money and grain from Snezhnaya to last Inazuma several years, along with fertilizer, medicine, technology, and even skilled people. These are all resources Inazuma urgently needs, things that could quickly pull it out of its predicament and help it develop."
"Just those things? I thought anything traded for a Gnosis ought to be rather more impressive."
"Have you even looked at the state Inazuma is in? If there were a gemstone and a sack of grain on the ground right now, and I could only choose one, I would rather take the grain. Even if the gemstone could buy a hundred sacks of grain, when food is scarce, a gemstone is nothing but a useless trinket for nobles to amuse themselves with.
"The same goes for the Gnosis. Since you and Miko both consider it useless and a source of conflict, while La Signora treasures the thing, why don't we demand a king's ransom and strike a suitable deal?"
"But that Fatui woman, La Signora, committed such crimes against Inazuma. Are we really going to cooperate with her? I find that a little hard to accept."
"Ei,