[ Tatara leans forward, childlike amusement coloring his expression. Other people are so fascinating. ]

You're thinking about loyalty?

[ He leans back, flicks a finger in the air. ]

It doesn't matter if you're loyal to me. You have a job to do. I'll figure out a way to send you home one way or another. If not, or if something happens to me, then you might be stuck without someone who knows how to summon another sage or more wizards, and then the world ends with you in it.

[ He shrugs. ]

Loyalty or no, it'd be nice if we could be friends, but if it doesn't happen, then it doesn't happen.