"Of course," replied Merus. Far away, Merus detected a surge of heat disrupt the cool air of the structure they and the other Acolytes were in. A fire mage he assumed, but it was a bit out of place for one of them to be practicing within their own quarters. Speaking of fire mages...

"Klostrun, you haven't noticed anything suspicious about and between Rex and Nacine, have you?"

Merus posed this question as nonchalantly as he could. However, he meant to probe, to try and detect any uneasiness within the earth mage.