I'm in Gekronus Maius! [As if the vibrant green of his robes weren't a dead giveaway.] And it sounded right to me.

[He kind of makes a face at that.] Well. Ellyn does try, and Dad has done his best to show her some techniques, but while magic is complicated, for her, swordplay isn't that easy, either. I mean, I usually get a branch to use as a cudgel, because I chose the path of "one or the other, not both". So really, you probably had more training than Ellyn did. But enthusiasm...

[That, he shakes his head ruefully at. No one could say his sisters lacked that. Any of them.]