[@Crusader Lord]

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1 - It depends on how the vampire views mages really. No one except the Traditionalists really blink and eye at it so it happens often enough.

2 - So, society is heavily broken into a hard class system. Vampires followed by mages followed by humans. Vampiric society doesn't necessarily consider the pairs as equally weighted in use. Use of a pair is almost entirely dependant on the vampire's reputation and skills. Mages are primarily bodygaurds to most.