[ Everything he’s saying is sound. And “eight hundred years” of mentorship has given her sort of an instinctive reaction to paying attention to what he says so long as they aren’t bickering with one another. ]

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯 — 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘶𝘨𝘩. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦! 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 -

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𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦. 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳?