[As much as he enjoys Michel's company, interacting with him is a mistake. He's the kind of person Yael can't help but worry about, the kind of person he can't help but want to look out for. All teasing aside, he knows Michel is a grown man, but some things simply can't be helped. The desire to keep a watchful eye on uppity twinks is an intrinsic part of Yael that can't, for better or worse, be changed.

Oh well. Yael is nothing if not a man who can make mistakes and admit to them when he does, so he'll persist, noting that momentary softness in Michel's voice and trying not to let it touch him.]

I joined because I had no other choice. The man who adopted me had certain expectations I had to meet if I wanted to live under his roof. I was pretty young when I joined, and I've been in active service until very recently. I've never known any other life.