[Waver laughs bitterly, thinking of the embarrassing 'lecture' Kayneth had given over his dissertation. How dare anything disrupt the Mage's established order, right? Bypassing all those generations of work with a touch-]
You're right, they wouldn't like that one bit.

Well, I guess that explains your gloves and why you were quick to shake my hand. I'm glad you have self-control. [Not that she would find anything particularly untowards in his thoughts.]