Nadine will agree to go with them at the time and be as amiable as possible under the circumstances.
She will confirm that yes, she does a great deal of independent research and study that has nothing to do with her Academy sponsored research. She'll explain that she's a working apothecary, and she's bound by a contract that she can't personally profit off what she develops using Academy funds and equipment. Beyond that, she's competing against every other apothecary and herbalist in Cadens and the pressure is high to provide goods and services that her competitors can't. She'll stress that her most interesting research is the research she's doing with her Academy funding, and that the other things she's doing with herbs that aren't local haven't produced much results yet.
She'll also be up front that a lot of her 'research' thus far has been just giving herbal concoctions to test animals and sometimes people and seeing what happens. She'll explain that it's hard to find time for independent research, what with her classes and running a business and her volunteer work with the city, and her partner Jaskier always has some civic project that could use a hand. And she's limited on independent studies as she has to use her own funds and equipment, which makes it even slower. But she'd be happy to share her many volumes of notes on topical herbal reactions in desert snakes if they'd like to take a look.
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She will confirm that yes, she does a great deal of independent research and study that has nothing to do with her Academy sponsored research. She'll explain that she's a working apothecary, and she's bound by a contract that she can't personally profit off what she develops using Academy funds and equipment. Beyond that, she's competing against every other apothecary and herbalist in Cadens and the pressure is high to provide goods and services that her competitors can't. She'll stress that her most interesting research is the research she's doing with her Academy funding, and that the other things she's doing with herbs that aren't local haven't produced much results yet.
She'll also be up front that a lot of her 'research' thus far has been just giving herbal concoctions to test animals and sometimes people and seeing what happens. She'll explain that it's hard to find time for independent research, what with her classes and running a business and her volunteer work with the city, and her partner Jaskier always has some civic project that could use a hand. And she's limited on independent studies as she has to use her own funds and equipment, which makes it even slower. But she'd be happy to share her many volumes of notes on topical herbal reactions in desert snakes if they'd like to take a look.