[ will he ever trust her with things like this? or will she only ever be useful to him when she’s kept in the dark - even now, without magic and the bindings of duty? what good does that make her? ]

If you say so.

[ if brilith sounds doubtful, it’s because she doubts it. but she doesn’t really want him to see too much of that, either, so she tries to shake that thought. ]

It’s fine. He’s always running around somewhere during the day, and I wouldn’t want to keep him from that.