The good news with the involvement of the reinforcement of dual cultivating partners was that their numbers were limited. The Officials had ruled in favor of the Sapphirine Guild as best as they could and claimed that not all partners in the Sensual Guild headquarters could compete in the battle.
The number of partners to get involved had to correlate with the active members who had actually been inside the Dome and had been involved in the battle.
The situation remained tough for the Sapphirine Guild but it was a tad better than it could have been if the officials had let every single one of the partners within the building to get involved.
The Dual cultivating partners were of both genders as there were quite a number of female experts in the ranks of the Sensual Guild.