As are you. Dain watches Lorne for a minute, his puzzlement still very much present, if a little tempered from before. Lorne will have to forgive him; he's not accustomed to authority figures speaking sense, or, for that matter, acting on sense.

Detlef's question is a fair one, though, and it turns out to be a good distraction. "You can question anything you like," Dain tells him with a smile, "as long as you don't expect me to answer everything." He pauses, further words on the tip of his tongue, but then he bites them back with a soft sigh. "Such as, for example, that one. Suffice to say, the church and I don't see eye to eye on everything, and I would prefer to hunt those actively doing harm."

Another brief pause, and then: "Don't expect that to remain true if I'm not alone. Speaking of which, if you like to be safe, have you never had anyone teach you delicacy? Has another Shepherd never visited this village before?"

It could be stern, coming from anyone else, but coming from Dain it mostly sounds like a sort of exasperated fondness.