"I am more mage than noble, Red." She snorts faintly, settling back in her chair. "We're locked, more or less, in a tower and told to mind ourselves like good little Andrastians. As more than a quarter of us did come from noble stock and another third were elven- that is a great deal of attractive people told to work and live in close quarters while being chaste."

She'll...let Ruby draw her own conclusions from there.