After a long moment of silence, Zmerr poured himself another cup of tea and offered to fill Pyria's. "I suppose it's a good thing to have a lot of students. Though, I kind of have been wondering why their stipulations have seemed to slacken. A lot more students from a lot more backgrounds. It's a curious occurrence. I trust Archmagister Cadmus knows what he's doing. It just peaks my curiosity. So many abnormal things happening at once. It's likely that it is all coincidence, but there's also a slight chance it is not.... No offense. I'm not accusing your father of anything. Just thinking out loud I guess." Zmerr shook his head as he thought that perhaps he had said too much.