[ That made sense, he guessed. ]

Hm… I guess that would make sense if that’s the rules. [ And Melvin had been excited to meet someone as interesting as Selphie, so it seemed like it worked pretty well. ] We’re not discouraged, though at a certain point mages tend to go their own way unless relations are beneficial to one or both families of the mages in question.

[ Which was why arranged marriages were still a thing. Waver didn’t have to worry about that, at least. ]