[All at once, he sounds tired.]

I'm not going to grill every mage in Riftwatch for how they feel about me.

[A brief memory, unbidden, of Tsenka punching him in the jaw.]

Two years ago, he asked me if I was still corresponding with anyone in the Order. He was taking notes; I wouldn't be shocked if he asked everyone. [By which he means templars or former ones.] But he's also never been unfair to me as watch captain, or as Commander, since he took that on.

What specific bad reasons are you worried about?

[Even if Vanya can guess, he's going to make Cedric say it if he plans to.]