[If there's one gift the Maker has given Myr--besides magic--it's the ability to listen. That he couldn't to Anders before now was--

Upsetting. But when the older man's sorrows are framed this way, laid out in reflection and not accusation, makes it easier.]

There's wisdom in knowing when to lay the sword aside. [He says it partway to remind himself.] Knowing when you won't get any further with the old tactics--it's not an easy lesson to learn.

I'm sorry, myself.