“Just a description of the process, as you see it from your perspective and what you honestly think of it, uncensored,” Strange says evenly. “As I mentioned, the accounts I’ve read were biased and typically published by the Chantry. From where I’m sitting, it sounds like…”

He has the words loaded up in the barrel and ready to fire, a cutting and damning verdict of the practice — but he has, at least, learned enough patience that he stops himself outright rather than spew all his Rifter Opinions™ at Julius.

This is growth, probably.

“Well. I’d like to hear your take, first.”