I'm glad for that, then. Still, I don't think I'd like to live in a world where we're all kept separate from magic. Even if some do not always react favourably to it... magic exists to serve man, and has made our lives better, for the most part. [ With the exception of blood mages, but that goes unsaid.

And there it is. The question that he'd been dreading. He's silent for a moment, and frowns before speaking again. ]

Yes. It... grants those with the proper training the ability to combat magic and all manner of demons.

[ Which was certainly true, though there was more to it than that. ]