"It is better to imagine and brace for the worst and be plesantly surprised than the opposite." Gliding along otherwise led to situations like the Spire, where all were caught unawares.

"You think I have not?" The request was, of course, intended for the Mage Council as a whole but she would have made use of her space in there just as much as she does the table tucked into a corner in the library. "There are not enough rooms yet repaired."