As it happens, right now all I have to tend to is Alma- and you. You are the more immediate threat, with untrained Gifts- so it is you who shall have my attention for the time being. We will work here, of course, with Alma present... but anyone with a Gift that is powerful and untrained is a threat to the Vale, and I fear that if I do not handle this, I will be overruled and you will be thrown out.
[He absolutely doesn't want that to happen- and he's a good teacher, too!]