"I don't expect you to agree or understand. Just know that I do have the interests of everyone in this city in mind with the decisions I make, including the mages here." It's a cultural divide too wide for him ever to expect to be crossed and an area where he can't afford to bend lest everyone in his care is broken.

He merely shrugs one shoulder for that. "It's still your move." The earlier bantering mood is gone. He's not willing to throw the game over the disagreement, although his demeanor is once more guarded and professional, a change he's not even aware of.