"Relatively." Aedan nodded. "But if you aren't in a position for needing that...seems you can get by fine without one." He laughed a bit. "There's a cop at our local...Patrick...he kept getting sent to deal with my arrests once we'd flitted here and not in the states. And once the rest of my family showed up, they sent him to them as well...it was easier assigning the Vaels an arresting officer...and a hauling you home in 'shame' officer. But aye, klepto is one of the terms they tossed around at the Ranch I got sent to." He stretched a bit. "Soliciting might've been another, but... I get it." he said, quite serious.
"Sometimes...you need THINGS, no one else kens it, but...they make you feel safer...like it doesn't matter you haven't got the people or they're always waiting to be rid of you..." He understood it very well.
"Elle would love that, I'd bet. And...doesn't strike me as so scary. Mages who aren't...them who do it on purpose...that's the bad ones. But I've learnt not every mage from home, or different folk I've met here's my ma....Well, you're not all scary by far." he said, covering over that slip.
"Nice. He seems principled, I'll say that." Aedan mused. "I haven't known him well, but we've got apprentices now, and me just starting with mine. He may have advice on that since he's been training Kestis The Life Ruiner for a while no."