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Thanks for the very prompt and thorough reply. You make your position very clear -- merci!

I happen not to share your opinion, but that is neither here nor there. What I like about S&A is that the celestial summons are available to the CMs, even if you wont always cast for them (because of gem cost, because you only get 1, etc.) It is just a shame that you cant really use your national summons unless you get lucky, and because of the somewhat slim documentation on the nations, you might not even know that gardeners exist.

Ah well thanks anyhow.