Okay, so the other day I broke down and PM'd the Chief. I won't post my message because it was not my proudest moment. Not too long afterwards I recieved a response. Except it wasn't from the Chief - it came from JohnCarver.

Why would he message me? Are the Chief and him friends? Is JC monitoring the Chief's PMs? As I was already on thin ice I tried not to dwell on the implications and decided it might have been some kind of Coincidence.
As soon as I could get online I made this screenshot:

It seems like JC was right. The implications are both exciting and frightening. Of course I can't craft it right now. But I'm close. I have an alt running around gathering feathers. I will update this as soon as I can.
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