[It was going to be a shock to the system. There might be more people here then he was used to dealing with. Not that she was much better, considering that she tended to be isolated, meeting with the same people on her own terms. ]

I didn't either, until it chose me. And, too, if your Master is an unskilled mage...it's difficult to know if they'd have the background.

[She shrugged, thin shoulders coming up, then dropping.]

I'm surprised. I would have thought you would have killed someone claiming to be your Master.