“Between your migraine, my combat magic not working, and exhausting myself at the last confluence, I’m not keen to find any more surprises while in the field.”

Hurting himself wouldn’t be great. Hurting others in a way he didn’t intend would be worse. And he’s trying to figure out what he can do. He’s a lot less useful than he used to be.

He teases David a little bit here though. “That new beginnings and blessings are for other people and not you. Though I’m very happy to have misread you on this one.”