Not to speak for Carolyn, but William and Loki are definitely seeing this as an improvement upon the previous system, so they aren't really in a dramatically different boat (lol) than any of the other wardens. They wouldn't be here if they were. Loki's skeptical and has gone to seek reassurance, and I'd like to leave it at that for the time being rather than stress testing the setting's premise, if that makes sense?

I do want to add that I think your tagging pace might be contributing to your overall stress about all this in addition to putting some pressure on other players that I don't think you're going for. It might be worth it to slow down some more, do some more day-to-day things, etc. Not full SOL or anything, but I think sometimes Volk comes off as if he's trying to speedrun the metaplot and it's requiring an awful lot of thought and effort from everybody involved to manage that.

Volk being high-strung isn't necessarily going to go away, obviously, but it could be lightened up, I think. Make it fun. Take your time. The game'll still be here tomorrow. <3