[ Ow. He still thinks they're clowns. But he's less interested in arguing about that point than he is about standing firm about that pen being a bad tool. ]

You mean in the room with the water mirror? They said something about a mage, [ read: "magician" ] but I figured they were confused I wasn't a Caster.

[ He does have some of the traits, after all... ]

I take it they're not a symbol of allegiance, then, if you're making new ones willy-nilly.