"Or, maybe, she's so good at shutting down incursions that she can erase evidence of it. You don't know."

The mage looked down at Dustin for a moment, her gaze on his face even if he wasn't reciprocating. "Within a few weeks - a month at most - we're all going to be facing a foe that's going to prey on our insecurities, our divisions, and our fears. The more fractured we are, the more dangerous it's going to be."

"It's my responsibility to help prepare everyone for it, and I don't want people to get hurt because they're too full of themselves to get ready."