[Ah, untalented. That's too bad; it might have been interesting to talk about other rifter magicks.]

Well. Yes, I suppose I can see how that could happen. But honestly, those both sound like very distant future problems whereas the most immediate one seems to be convincing the whole world that I'm not here to murder swathes of people or steal their souls or reanimate a corpse or five, and being honest about the matter seems the most thoughtful course of action. I can hardly be trusted if I'm not willing to be forthright, now can I?