( the conversation with flint had been fraught, but— )

Yes, ( at length, curling her fingers around his. ) Yes, I think so. Marcus stepped in, in the moment, so we both of us were called to speak with the Commander—it could have gone a good deal more awry. Had it been another mage, and not myself...

( not all of riftwatch possesses petra's restraint, or inclination to report misdeeds rather than violently react to them. )