He hadn't meant to trip Myr up, and feels momentarily bad for it--more so, at that snappish reply. There's nowhere else that would be better for him to take it, and no reason he should be forbidden from practicing where the others do during the day--it would hardly be ideal for him to try and share the courtyard with anyone.

"I was going for the second one, really," he says, "but it would be a shame. You had some nice form there, from what I can tell. I haven't seen many knight-enchanters at work." It had been a bit high-and-mighty a field for the humble mages of Ansburg, though a few had tried.

"I suppose you could handle yourself all right if anyone did take issue, then. I just thought I ought to investigate."