[ A laugh, quiet— ]

My fault. We really do need to find an excuse to do more adventuring together. [ The use of 'adventuring' doesn't even sound like verbal flourish, just the literal things he calls the work they do. ] But, [ a pause, then, ] it sometimes feels disingenuous to suggest that I'm comparable to mages, so it didn't feel right— as in, it hasn't been something that, when I think of what you all have been through, or go through, and not that I even really know much about it—

[ Hm. ]

I mean, yes, I'd love to talk about it with you.