[ She glances down at him at that, a little startled because that's a surprisingly cynical approach for someone so young and maybe she should have expected that, given what she knows of his general history with empaths, but it's still strange to run across and a little sobering. It's important to make a point of only bringing in empaths for young Sentinels in arrangements that don't make it an obligation for them to work with the Sentinel, so that it becomes at least a somewhat natural thing rather than forced. A long pause as she sorts out how to phrase it. ] No. He grounds me as much as I ground him. We work well together.
and you succeed very well