"Ah." Well, that makes sense. It's kind of a heavy-handed metaphor, but it's not so unlike something he might have used on Alternia to get a particularly ornery gaggle of people at one of his discussions to make nice.

"You're Torin, yes?" He wants to be sure he has the name right. Part of being a mentor is knowing the rest of the tower staff, so he's been working on learning. "District 2?"