"Yeah, me too." He stares at his own armored hand and closes it into a fist. "It's nothing like being a Paladin at home. Bit more like a military without being beholden to any country. ...and very rigid." It had been worse than the Garrison inside that guild. Yet it felt safe despite the stifling atmosphere.

"We don't have to be like that. We can define the job by our own standards and code."