[ Hard to get invested without even the most basic idea of what's what, in his opinion. ]

I did not expect it to be, but I would caution that you only make a final decision on this after we've put in the research, assuming you do decide to carry on. [ Wherever that research might even be. ] Besides, you may get some very different answers from certain enthusiastic supporters here once they discover we need to pore over a thousand texts or so first.