[It was a difference of perspective born from several unbridgeable factors—that Elias had only ever had one foot in the mortal realm, and was also a world separated from the spectrum of typical emotion. His opinion would always be odd and often unpopular, considering the distance with which he typically kept mortals (and those who had been mortal, at one point).

He is silent for a long moment, red eyes staring, unfazed. Elias dislikes being beholden to anyone or anything. Back home, he performed tasks for the church as per their agreement, but he never skipped an opportunity to gripe about it. That ALASTAIR had forcibly impressed him to aiding them was something he would never forgive. The magus might not have any emotions, but he was a prideful thing, set on his own independence.]

We can agree to disagree on both fronts, then.

For until they provide more reason or restitution to dedicating my efforts to their cause, I am, at the very best, a private contractor.