"That bank is still abandoned to this day- what's left of it, anyway." Most left it there as that very loudly unspoken reminder. Lesson learned, so he hoped. Taking a sip from his glass of whisky, not even bothering with ice-

"They still mine those in the various cavern systems we've stumbled across and the dwarves keep track of, right? The crystals, I mean." Unless there was another sort he missed out on between dealing with his own issues when it came to too much of a certain energy type. "But yeah, favors may be your best bet for now. Even I accept them as payment from some folks who don't want to pitch in to some of the work in the Harvest itself."