A while ago. [ His voice is wry. ] I'm not surprised he wrote that down. He likes - liked - teasing me about it.

I'd been formally recognised as a mage, then, by my family. I had the proper training, and I was ready to undertake missions. I believe it was on one of my first ones that we required the cooperation of a vampire for.

So, I met him then. [ ......He rubs the back of his neck after a moment, grimacing a bit in what's clearly a small amount of embarrassment. ] And I immediately, ah...thought he was quite handsome. And he noticed. So I suppose he considered that significant.