The Light of Progress

is a Quest in Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker.
==Objectives==
* Deliver the ash-covered envelope to the bookish Miqo'te at the Confluence.
* Speak with Toffwyb at the Agora.
* Deliver the thick candle to the bookish Miqo'te.
==Script==
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Secretletter 	To the kind soul who finds this missive,
Pray deliver this letter to the unassuming Miqo'te scholar who can usually be found sequestered in a quiet corner of the Confluence.
Many thanks.
Cornerstudent 	Yes? Were you looking for me? I suspect I spend too much time in this corner of the Confluence if someone I've never met knows to find me here.
Cornerstudent 	A letter? If you don't mind me asking, can you tell me where you found this?
Cornerstudent 	Of course... I see...
Cornerstudent 	The place where you chanced upon this is one of dubious prominence. Students are confined there as punishment for...recalcitrant behavior. I believe I recognize the hand which penned this message.
Cornerstudent 	The student is an acquaintance of mine, although that might be a rather generous term. Several days ago he was confined there for concocting an explosive alchemical compound and using it to “surprise” his teachers. His little stunt ended with half the gardens in the Teachers' Quarters in ashes.
Cornerstudent 	And it seems he put more effort into writing a message to his would-be courier than to his letter's recipient...
Bring me food and a candle.
I see...
Cornerstudent 	That boorish lout! It serves him right, being locked up in that room!
Cornerstudent 	<sigh> As you can doubtless surmise, our relationship is somewhat strained, and I apologize for making you party to it. But what's done is done, and now I would ask a favor of you myself.
Cornerstudent 	Could you procure a candle from Toffwyb at the Agora? I shall prepare the food this fool has requested, much as I would rather not. When you are done, pray meet me at the spot where you found the letter.
Toffwyb 	A candle, you say? Why of course─here, take this. Please inform the requesting student that they can pay at their leisure.
Toffwyb 	The student can pay at their leisure. I know they're good for it.
Cornerstudent 	There you are. Were you able to acquire the candle?
Cornerstudent 	Yes, this shall do. Once again I must apologize for sending you to and fro, but the sooner this matter is concluded, the better off we both shall be.
Cornerstudent 	I suppose since you are from a foreign land, you are unaware of what this candle represents. There is a reason that scoundrel requested a candle of this type.
Cornerstudent 	Long ago, one of the students confined within these rooms spent his days unraveling some of the most troublesome mathematical problems of the time. With nothing to distract his attention, he was quite successful.
Cornerstudent 	He wrote the equations on his wall with the blackened ends of his spent candles. When the professors saw what he had done, well, they were too impressed to be angry.
Cornerstudent 	Doubtless that idiot means to make his own mark, as many delinquent students have attempted to since. The professors will turn a blind eye to his vandalism, to be sure─they would not let rules impede discovery.
Cornerstudent 	Anyroad, I will deliver these to him. Perhaps some good can come of his selfish request. Here, take this for your troubles. I pray there are no more.
Quest complete.	Quest complete.
Category:Sharlayan Sidequests in Final Fantasy XIV