[ Fiore smiles back, a tad rueful. It's not a question he's expecting an answer to, she knows, so she focuses instead on his comment. ]

... We-- they dedicate themselves to a certain sort of lifestyle, and they're expected to hold it close and keep it within their lineage. It's to protect magecraft from dying out, and to prevent us from letting our blood become diluted by mingling with anyone not a part of a magus family...

[ Fiore pauses, because to say this much feels kind of like blasphemy, after the life she was born and raised into. ]

Maybe even back then, I was starting to disagree with it. If they found out we'd summoned you like this, so... flippantly, I can only imagine the consequences.