I know that, which is why I don’t run around making promises I can’t keep. Forgive me for thinking it’s important to know what to expect when someone might try to hurt him to get to me.

[Which, yeah, Owen had pissed off a lot of people in his life, but it’s also just practical to find and use any way you can to weaken a wizard. It’s the Northern way.]

Also, Otegine might have lived a long life, but it wasn’t much of life. This is his first time getting to make his own choices and having his own will to do it. I don’t want to force his hand if I know he’s going to fret about, so I just… wanted to know before asking for a feather.