"Before the fall of my Circle, I was so certain that I would be an Enchanter by now. One more step on my way to perhaps becoming First Enchanter somewhere, someday."

At the very least, she would have joined the Aequitarians formally, instead of merely sympathizing with them. It had all been planned out, her future seemingly secure...only for the rug to be pulled out from beneath her feet. Suddenly, one path was cut off from her while endless other possibilities arose. Suddenly, she could follow in the footsteps of her childhood heroes...but that that had not quite turned out as she had thought it would, either.

Pausing, she takes a sip of her own wine, savoring the flavor. "And what life did you imagine for yourself, as a Knight-Enchanter?"