[ Saya exhales slowly, biting back the retort she wants to snap off about how he really should have asked, even if he had been reading her correctly he should have. He seems to know it. ]

Honestly, I'm relieved. At least you're a little bit the man I thought you were.

[ None of this is great, don't get her wrong. He was still dismissive of Rider's agency in at least two ways. He gets half a point for giving a damn, though. (Out of a possible ten, so like still a failing grade.) ]

Anyone can make a dumb decision, but you can say you made it out of care and not the opposite. That's not nothing. And I have faith that you can make this right. Just... probably not by going out there and throwing around more command spells.