"I'm relieved to hear other people take this seriously too. It has been an uphill battle getting here because I'm not very good at this, and I'm surrounded by deeply paranoid people." Yennefer, Lucifer, even Kyle, although in the end they came around. Kyle offered his knowledge freely but he knows this wasn't what everyone considered the best-case scenario. This was Istredd's risk.

"While I may have issues with the Brotherhood, the group of mages I come from, I know that we have power in unity." For better or for worse, honestly. That is just not the part Istredd wants to worry about right now. Although it was definitely what Yennefer was thinking at one point.

"Not to be a harbinger of doom, but I think it is very likely things will only continue to get more difficult."