"I was a trained chirurgeon before ever learning to do anything with my Gifts," Amberdrake says, and adds perhaps a touch wryly, "In a teaching hospital, with no mental shields, and no idea what was wrong with me."

It was not a great time. Not recommended. And yeah, Kiriya would definitely know by now if he had something like Drake.

"Unless you meant as a teacher, and I have done some of that as well-- ah, straight or left. We have something to the right I'd like to not meet."