I, personally, wouldn't find it a waste of time and energy considering what the High King is doing. That's why I gave it as an option in the first place. The time skip is leaping forward until the NPC's are done with this part of the Underdeep, and then we would be moving on. It is a chance, besides that, to have further character interaction with those that would be going in the mines or to speak to the High King about what is going on a bit more - both opportunities for Frederick to learn more and interact more.
It was a good place to stop and had options to do stuff like that.
The timeskip, meanwhile, would have Frederick not do much besides wait until the NPC's all finish up on their own. Which I would backround roll for and reopen the next update with Frederick and whatever is happening next.
thats all
Right, I'm getting overly...man I don't even know. I'm going for a walk.
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