"All the mages that I grew to know ... I helped them. Not cheat - you cannot cheat a Harrowing - but all the mages who had come before them? They all had tricks, ways of studying, that sort of thing. I would pass that information." He admitted quietly, sighing softly, "I cannot imagine how terrified they must have been. I just knew that if they could not control their magic - what they could become would be so much worse."

He looked at her, his gaze serious, "How old were you, during your Harrowing?"