It's his own fault for asking, really. He shouldn't have. But that's somewhat the story of his life. Maybe he should write a book, Things I Probably Shouldn't Have Done. The thought doesn't stop a grimace at the comment about staying off his bad side, though. He can't deny he has one, as much as he'd like to.

"Generally, if someone isn't hurting people and isn't advocating for mages to be herded together and caged again, they're not on my bad side. It's not universally true, but you've come to help mage victims." And he doubts that's on Cassandra's orders. "That puts you very much on the good side."