"I shall take your word for it, as I've no desire to go hunting after them." Well that might be somewhat untrue but she isn't about to admit to it. For now she has her work (a good deal of it) and the company of one of the more tolerable and sensible mages. It's enough.

Perhaps they might've gotten on well enough before the circles dissolved- the rifts, the war. That they can now is more than a little settling.

"Did the trip go well? Aside from your indulgences. You and Dorian were nonspecific as to why you were leaving."