'But I trust you.' The words are a balm, and enough that a small smile appears. Maybe she knew deep down that he did - after all, he still follows her around and vents to her about things, that should be proof enough - but it's another thing entirely to actually hear him say it. More, it extinguishes a lot of her anger. She's still not exactly thrilled, but progress has been made.

"I don't expect you to let your guard down around them. Honestly, even I don't, though that's more around pretty much everyone rather than mages specifically." When you gain as much notoriety as she has, you can't be too careful. "But... thank you. And I don't expect you to be perfect about it right away, you know. All I ask is that you try."

Suddenly she laughs, rubbing the back of her head. "Well, shit. I came here, ready to have a knockdown, drag-out fight, and we went and worked it out like rational adults. How did that happen?" And now she has all this pent up energy that she has nowhere to go with. Maybe she can take it out on some stupid gang on the streets...