The Guildmaster's notes say it takes strong memories from several people to allow this sort of thing." But it's still a huge risk," the expatriate sho... back."Blast the risk to me!" shouted Marlon. "The real risk is to you, Jothan. No matter what our differences are, I still consider you brethren and a powerful and innovative Mage. We can't afford to lose you. There's simply no way you can convince them of your loyalty fast enough to do any good." Yes, there is, but you're not going to like it.". I then stood and waited. ‘What the fuck!’ ‘Huh, that’s what I thought when I first came home and saw you giving your ass to these two fuckers.’ ‘What the hell are you doing?’ ‘Punishing you for being a lying and cheating whore.’ ‘Well damn it, why don’t you let me explain instead of just coming in here shooting?’ ‘You think you can explain this in any way that lets me still think you are anything more than total shit, huh, think again.’ ‘But please just give me a chance, I can explain how this. When he awoke I had tried it on Stofan. That was a few days ago. I read more about the process since then and had Stofan repeat everything he remembered that he saw the priests do when they made a shield."Again there was a pause and I said, "What did you find?"The priests touch the two bands together briefly before they do their mental exercise. They hide this and try to make it look casual or an accident." That's great. What happens?" Well the shield goes out twice as far and then collapses. “I wouldn’t be doing my job if I didn’t look the part,” Trill said, smiling back down at her.“You make the perfect servant.”“Do I? Hmm. Maybe at work that’s true, but never forget that when I’m at home, I am the master.”“Oh, I know,” Minami assured him, grinning. “I only wish I could work with you today at the café. I love playing the role of a maid when you’re the butler.”“You do look very good in that outfit,” Trill agreed, not so secretly eyeing her curves. “Still, your studies come first. I.