With regrets you leave the bar and go down the street for cure, but it takes months for the witch to fully understand your demand. Then if she considers your request worthy of it, she'll send her army of old greek writers.

     They fight problems using philosophical weapons. They could be a threat for your people.

     Most of you therefore tend to go aggressive. Is there no other way out? Take the police as an example. Using traditional heuristics, policemen can spot any dead volcano -- as long as it never decides to trap them in.