Before responding, Miles fired the first hex in the training pattern, holding position just a moment before moving several steps to the right, then a step back

"That's because all her time is taken up with you, wiping your nose and patting your back," he said with a laugh, a moment later firing the second hex easily in the during-casting movement pattern Hestia has been outlining. As always, he followed the instructions easily, but also as always, he would soon stop following the plan and get inventive. Because that was how he was, and it was funny to watch Macmillan scramble to keep up – at least that was how Miles saw Ernie's reactions in his own mind.