"I didn't give him the chance," Amberdrake puts the ice pack back on his eye! "I'm not going to be seen by clients like this, I'm taking a few days off."

It isn't his first black eye by any means, but it's certainly his first in a long time!

"I can barely believe how pig-headed people can be, sometimes. Even as a kestra'chern. Of course, I've never been fond of pure-human views." Never mind that he is purely human; having magic is apparently as bad to some people as having dark skin is to others. Drake's been forced into that dance before, to say the least. Being Kaled'a'in anywhere out-Clan had been tough, but being Kaled'a'in in the capitol of Predain while Ma'ar gathered power...