"I don't suppose that if I asked for a legible quantitative estimate of how much political capital it burns, as a fraction of all we've got?  Or how fast I can regenerate that political capital by teaching more useful things similar to those already taught?  Or how much better it is if the salaries all go down by 25%?  That this could possibly be answered."

"I'll ask Ione if she's okay with being at 400gp/week to reflect her special services, though with the understanding that she's still below Carissa on the organizational chart."

"I don't suppose that if I asked for a legible quantitative estimate of how much political capital it burns, as a fraction of all we've got?  Or how fast I can regenerate that political capital by teaching more useful things similar to those already taught?  Or how much better it is if the salaries all go down by 25%?  That this could possibly be answered."

"I'll ask Ione if she's okay with being at 400gp/week to reflect her special services, though with the understanding that she's still below Carissa on the organizational chart."

"I don't suppose that there'd possibly be any legible answer, if I asked for a legible quantitative estimate of how much political capital it burns, as a fraction of all we've got?  Or how fast I can regenerate that political capital by teaching more useful things similar to those already taught?  Or how much better it is if the salaries all go down by 25%?"

"I'll ask Ione if she's okay with being at 400gp/week to reflect her special services, though with the understanding that she's still below Carissa on the organizational chart."

"I don't suppose that there'd possibly be any legible answer, if I asked for a quantitative estimate of how much political capital it burns, as a fraction of all we've got?  Or how fast I can regenerate that political capital by teaching more useful things similar to those already taught?  Or how much better it is if the salaries all go down by 25%?"