“Perspective,” Damien admitted. “You know why you were asked to help me, right? I know His Majesty called in a pretty significant favor to get you on my staff.” “Not as big as you might think,” the older man told him. “Early retirement was boring me out of my skull. But… Desmond said that the runes you could use as a Rune Wright made you the most powerful Mage he’d ever trained, but you were also one of the youngest to ever carry a Hand. He wanted you to have someone with more gray in their hair to back you up. And someone with more experience in the down and dirty of politics.”
