Heh. [He breathes out a noise that's not really a laugh, glancing away, then looking back.] Well, being a cop gave me a lot of opportunities to learn all about teams and shit. Any guy who tries to lone wolf it like some kind of action movie badass is going to get fucked up real quick.

[And that, children, is the advantage of five decades of living: slightly more advanced deflection techniques. It's all even true.]

That's just how humans are. If we were all alpha predators who could do it all by ourselves, we never would of evolved the way we did. So. At least some of your magic shit taught you real life shit, too. Wouldn't of expected that.