“Your kind normally come in all brawn and no brain. It'll be a shame to see you move on.” Emily gave a slight sigh, placing her hand upon his shoulder. “I wanted to keep you, but it seems they have other areas in mind. I hear they expect you to be working in research. I've told them you'd be better suited to arcane, but what can I do?” She gave a slight shrug, releasing another sigh which showed her frustration to be genuine. “I've never seen someone work with binding like you, or have such success in dispelling it. You've still not told me your secret.” She leaned forward, pulling one of the fine needles from his belt. She toyed with it, not quite breaking her flesh with its sharp point.
“Nothing to tell. I guess I've just got lucky aim.”
“Hmph! Fine, don't tell me. I swear, if I didn't
