[Rude makes a noise like he was going to say something to that but fell silent. There might have been something to what she said. Although he would like to argue that it was less his bosses and more the...crazy scientists. But, he realized, someone paid their paychecks too and it all came down to the men on high.

Fine. But it didn't really concern him, did it. He was just there for the thrill and the paycheck. So don't think about it. No time for a conscience.]

I'd prefer neither. [But she had a point about adapting.] Adapting is apart of the job. Unexpected challenges... I guess this is just one more for the books then. [Thanks for the pep talk.]

Because it helps balance out magic, right? Witches produce too much of it, monsters consume the excess. [More or less.] But why the Bonds? Why can't they do it without them?