>>5313170>Ask the mine flamer about any Leadkeepers he’s seen recentlyJust a few minutes ago, the derrongs dragged a Leadkeeper into the Hall of Ignition to face the Council. The Hall's right over there, next to the processing plant.
>Ask about ArchitechumYou try to fish for info on the Architechium. He’s heard the name before from some higher-up, but that’s it.
>>5313728>Ask how the begolders got so much powerThe begolders are conniving gasbags that got their wriggling eyestalks on a rich petroleum deposit, and have been wringing every cent out of the mine flamers for generations. They've got a monopoly on the very fuel that powers the mine flamers' entire culture.
Fortunately for the mine flamers, there happens to be a hefty vein of precious metals beneath their territory, allowing them to strike back against the bloated blobs by instituting massive tariffs on the gold they use for everything. Within a few years, the mine flamer declares, the begolders' lust for shiny things will surely be their downfall. Surely.
>Keep an eye on Pin, he seems distressedYou watch passively as Pin runs to a nearby mine flamer and frantically warns him about a human saboteur. You look around for the saboteur before you realize he’s pointing at you.
The two mine flamers regard you with suspicion. Pin opens your workcoat with a flourish, revealing your inventory.
See? The human’s armed to the teeth, ready to plug any mine flamer that gets in his way. There’s a bag of fertilizer – clearly for repurposing into an improvised explosive, to take out the oil silos! He’s got a glowing orb with the symbol of sulfur, another obvious bomb, and he’s stashed a strange metal object on his horse, probably another bomb! And how can he possibly explain why he and his horse single-handedly wiped out every derrong in the import depot, then disguised himself as a worker? He's working for the begolders! Pin cries out for incineration, right here, right now!
What do?
>Talk your way out of this (requires a good argument, or hard Tootin’ check)>Start blasting>Make a run for it (hard Rootin’ check)>Bribe them>Something else? 