“There are some things I hope I never get used to,” Raguel replied, and there was at once rebuke and a faint apology in the tone. He tilted his head at the other in something like surprise at the next question.

“I don’t wish to cause them pain.”

Rather a more honest answer than he had intended. But this one had a tendency to inspire honesty, if you knew him well enough. He always had, and it seemed that it hadn’t changed, though so much else had.