He would raise an eyebrow at their responses "...hm... so you all choose to do a lot of things yourself instead of just going the easy way and paying for a wizard to do what you wished for...." he takes a puff of his smoke and look to those who haven't spoke "I take it all of your reasons are fairly similar to these ones..." he scratches his chin "I'm going to give you one last chance... your last chance to leave and forget about this idea..." he says with a serious look "there is no turning back once the ceremony is preformed, in the eyes of the world you will be dead until you finish your training... you would be nothing more than my property you could say... for I will have control of your lives until I announce you as a full fledge mage and remove your apprenticeship" he stats to them and slams his foot down and a huge magic circle forms behind him "if you wish to chance your mind and leave then leave.. if your will is unchanged then step into the circle behind me" he says "and once everyone one is decided I'll start the ceremony. prepare yourselves for pain so unbelievable you'll wish you made the choice to leave." he says with an almost evil grin. allowing the chimera to jump down and walk around look up at everyone, the lion part making a cute meow at them.