Cassie blinks in surprise and glances at Draca before focusing on the professor before her.

"Yes," she says. And while she knows that her parents would have stayed and fought - they were adults. She and Draca were teenagers and she was fighting in a tournament that she shouldn't be fighting in because her name had slipped through.

"If I'm going to be fighting in a future war, Professor, I would like to do it on my own terms and with someone who can train us better."

She pauses. "No offense to you..."