"You'll have to tell me about those stories sometime when we're not surrounded by that shit on top of being overworked. And--wait, what? You know Cassandra, the Seeker? She's pretty grim, but I don't know if full-on pessimist applies." Korrin raises an eyebrow at that, automatically going there since she doesn't know what else he'd mean.

"And as much as we could just trade quips, preferably over drinks, I'll take the real answer. We could use some of those around here, as I'm sure you've noticed by now. Your reputation is safe with me."