Tiffaney walked ahead when the two left Half Pass, the bear carcass had been donated sans the claws which Leanna carried for the noble. None of the really valuable stuff was left intact from the ruined corpse so they took the pointed bones and let Half Pass figure out what to do with the rest.
Knight in training Leanna walked behind the noble mage, her comments far more restrained. Mages were a strange existence to everyone. Most were noble or high middle class families, breathing arrogance as easily as air. They hoarded their knowledge, further more the consolidation of magic to pass on generationally took a significant portion of ones time and life.
Mages start their training with their eighth-generation ancestor is the common saying. Mage knights learned counter magic techniques and some learned weapon and physical enhancement magic. Mana generation, magical throughput, spell crafting, were never taught, reserved for true mages.
