[Now comes the hard part. He should be used to this. He's spoken with countless rebels by now, after all, but it just doesn't get easier. He knows why she'd asked What else. He knows why every rebel does who comes to his Clinic, because the easy assumption is that he's got more going on.

He does. It just doesn't tend to be what they think.]

I'm glad the cause of freedom has a knight-enchanter here. It is my earnest hope that those skills in particular will not need to be called upon, but I'm glad of your presence.

My goal here is to build our future, build lives for mages, and that will take a great deal of time and effort and energy. And it will take goodwill from the civilians of the city, as well. If they fear us at every turn, they will never accept us.

And now I must ask what your goals are, and where you stand.