Family can be so very similar and yet so disappointingly different. Some of us cultivate a celebrated profession from the promising seeds of our talents, while our siblings waste them on dreadful mundanity.

[ He shakes his head and sighs. Maybe it's for the best his brother is content to be "mundane" or Sholmes may have ended up the World's Second-Greatest Detective. ]

But, my word! I can't say I've ever met a druid, much less sought the wisdom of one—in my world, they all but disappeared under the Roman Empire many centuries ago. Maybe it's for the best, as they were alleged to practice ritual human sacrifice. [ A brow pointedly raises at Oriphi, more teasing than accusatory. ] I trust that's nothing you enjoy.