"I sent someone to do it, yes."

"Ah, couldn't bear to do it yourself, could you?"

"No, the mage I sent was an especially appropriate messenger, for a number of reasons. And-"

"Calm down! I was joking."

"I hope for such great things from students and then have to let them go. And to know that..."

"Hmm?"

"It's insanely difficult for anyone who has been in training for more than a few months to go back to a normal life. Established routines are difficult to break. And students have meditated three of four times a day for years, and then they're told the can't ever do it again. The simultaneous rush and relaxation they have lived on is forbidden to them."

"Could I compare it to denying whisky to a drunkard?"

"Perhaps."

"You look distraught! Please, let us speak of other things."

"Yes... yes. Have I told you about this new and very promising student? He..."