"Ah.  Yes.  Of course you would be accepting final responsibility for that failure, since you are a trained Exception Handler, and Estha is an untrained civilian.  I, of course, consider Estha to be Merrin's commander and the one person who was responsible for checking off items like that before starting the operation.  It doesn't speak that well of either of us, really, if we both considered ourselves to be in charge, and neither of us managed to get it done."

"Some of this is down to issues of trust.  Not just having it, but wanting it.  I was curious about whatever unknown, useful, dangerous capability had casually sliced off my magical [armor], as should have been far beyond Merrin's ability or even my own.  I did not ask you how it worked, because, you see, that might have seemed suspicious to you, or so I feared."

"Ah.  Yes.  Of course you would be accepting final responsibility for that failure, since you are a trained Exception Handler, and Estha is an untrained civilian.  I, of course, consider myself to be Merrin's commander and the one person who was responsible for checking off items like that before starting the operation.  It doesn't speak that well of either of us, really, if we both considered ourselves to be in charge, and neither of us managed to get it done."

"Some of this is down to issues of trust.  Not just having it, but wanting it.  I was curious about whatever unknown, useful, dangerous capability had casually sliced off my magical [armor], as should have been far beyond Merrin's ability or even my own.  I did not ask you how it worked, because, you see, that might have seemed suspicious to you, or so I feared."

"Ah.  Yes.  Of course you would be accepting final responsibility for that failure, since you are a trained Exception Handler, and Estha is an untrained civilian.  I, of course, consider myself to be Merrin's commander and the one person who was responsible for checking off items like that before starting the operation.  It doesn't speak that well of either of us, really, if we both considered ourselves to be in charge, and neither of us managed to get it done."

"Some of this is down to issues of trust.  Not just having it, but wanting it.  I was curious about whatever unknown, useful, dangerous capability had casually sliced off my magical [armor], as should have been far beyond Merrin's [spells].  I did not ask you how it worked, because, you see, that might have seemed suspicious to you, or so I feared."

"Ah.  Yes.  Of course you would be accepting final responsibility for that failure, since you are a trained Exception Handler, and Estha is an untrained civilian.  I, of course, consider myself to be Merrin's commander and the one person who was responsible for checking off items like that before starting the operation.  It doesn't speak that well of either of us, really, if we both considered ourselves to be in charge, and neither of us managed to get it done."

"Some of this is down to issues of trust.  Not just lacking trust, but wanting more of it.  I was curious about whatever unknown, useful, dangerous capability had casually sliced off my magical [armor], as should have been far beyond Merrin's [spells].  I did not ask you how it worked, because, you see, that might have seemed suspicious to you, or so I feared."

"Ah.  Yes.  Of course you would be accepting final responsibility for that failure, since you are a trained Exception Handler, and Estha is an untrained civilian.  I, of course, consider myself to be Merrin's commander and the one person who was responsible for checking off items like that before starting the operation.  It doesn't speak that well of either of us, really, if we both considered ourselves to be in charge, and neither of us managed to get it done."  (Dath ilan yelled pretty loudly there about not just accepting his subordinate's apology as his due.)

"Some of this is down to issues of trust.  Not just lacking trust, but wanting more of it.  I was curious about whatever unknown, useful, dangerous capability had casually sliced off my magical [armor], as should have been far beyond Merrin's [spells].  I did not ask you how it worked, because, you see, that might have seemed suspicious to you, or so I feared."

"Ah.  Yes.  Of course you would be accepting final responsibility for that failure, since you are a trained Exception Handler, and Estha is an untrained civilian.  I, of course, consider myself to be Merrin's commander and the one person who was responsible for checking off items like that before starting the operation.  It doesn't speak that well of either of us, really, if we both considered ourselves to be in charge, and neither of us managed to get it done."  (Because dath ilan yelled pretty loudly there about not just accepting his subordinate's apology as his due.)

"Some of this is down to issues of trust.  Not just lacking trust, but wanting more of it.  I was curious about whatever unknown, useful, dangerous capability had casually sliced off my magical [armor], as should have been far beyond Merrin's [spells].  I did not ask you how it worked, because, you see, that might have seemed suspicious to you, or so I feared."

"Ah.  Yes.  Of course you would be accepting final responsibility for that failure, since you are a trained Exception Handler, and Estha is an untrained civilian.  I, of course, consider myself to be Merrin's commander and the one person who was responsible for checking off items like that before starting the operation.  It doesn't speak that well of either of us, really, if we both considered ourselves to be in charge, and neither of us managed to get it done."  (...Esta says, because dath ilan yelled pretty loudly there about not just accepting his subordinate's apology as his due.)

"Some of this is down to issues of trust.  Not just lacking trust, but wanting more of it.  I was curious about whatever unknown, useful, dangerous capability had casually sliced off my magical [armor], as should have been far beyond Merrin's [spells].  I did not ask you how it worked, because, you see, that might have seemed suspicious to you, or so I feared."

"Ah.  Yes.  Of course you would be accepting final responsibility for that failure, since you are a trained Exception Handler, and Estha is an untrained civilian.  I, of course, consider myself to be Merrin's commander and the one person who was responsible for checking off items like that before starting the operation.  It doesn't speak that well of either of us, really, if we both considered ourselves to be in charge, and neither of us managed to get it done."  (...Esta says, because dath ilan yelled loudly there about not just accepting his subordinate's apology as his due, and considering his own failures on his own.)

"Some of this is down to issues of trust.  Not just lacking trust, but wanting more of it.  I was curious about whatever unknown, useful, dangerous capability had casually sliced off my magical [armor], as should have been far beyond Merrin's [spells].  I did not ask you how it worked, because, you see, that might have seemed suspicious to you, or so I feared."

"Ah.  Yes.  Of course you would be accepting final responsibility for that failure, since you are a trained Exception Handler, and Estha is an untrained civilian.  I, of course, consider myself to be Merrin's commander and the one person who was responsible for checking off items like that before starting the operation.  It doesn't speak that well of either of us, really, if we both considered ourselves to be in charge, and neither of us managed to get it done."  (...Esta says, because dath ilan yelled loudly there about not just accepting his subordinate's apology as his due, and then considering his own failures on his own.)

"Some of this is down to issues of trust.  Not just lacking trust, but wanting more of it.  I was curious about whatever unknown, useful, dangerous capability had casually sliced off my magical [armor], as should have been far beyond Merrin's [spells].  I did not ask you how it worked, because, you see, that might have seemed suspicious to you, or so I feared."