[Waver blinked, dumbfounded by the conviction that he heard in Yosuke's voice. He wasn't terribly familiar with Citadel's culture and society yet (because there was so much else that he needed to learn first), but it almost sounded like Yosuke knew what he was speaking of.]

--I already am studying on my own, [Waver said softly,] and I've been doing so for a while too!

[The apparition seemed to chuckle-- a low, throaty sound that was bone-chilling.]

"And this is where the problem lies. You know how the Magi feel about children touching their life's work-- Don't think that we don't already know what you've been up to under the cover of darkness.]