"I would love it but I don't do it because it would be stupid and dangerous," Anders abused italics to say. "Either I'd exhaust myself or the guards would haul me off, and I wouldn't be healing anyone for a while either way."

He didn't know Kathy's scenario about the basement lab, but the concept that being too public with magic posed a risk was hardly new to him.

"Just like you won't be able to help anyone if you get hurt going to the docks alone all the time. "