"Some in our ranks come from families with mages . They tend to be some of our better Templars. They have a better understanding of the overall issue. Still, I can understand how and why someone would never want to do what we do." She didn't seem to have the temperament for it at all, not that he minded.


"I don't doubt that we will, two headstrong people with definite convictions. I'd at least like to save it for times it could make a difference one way or the other." He smiled and toyed with a lock of her hair, swirling it around his finger before releasing it again. "I fight fairly, at least when it comes to arguing. I try to keep it to the issue and not the person." That had always seemed like stooping to him, something he wouldn't do.