He nods; when sketched that broadly, it's certainly not hard to understand. "It's hard to let go, when it's that personal. Or even when it isn't, sometimes." One could argue that the entire Mage-Templar war was he killed one of mine multiplied out across countries.

"It had to be jarring, for you both to end up here," he adds, muted but sympathetic all the same. What might have felt like more of a fresh start for either of them.