"Blessing of Kings, I told you," Mar said without any annoyance. "It's not a dramatic improvement, but every little bit counts. It's certainly better than the old days, when we Blood Knights were called upon to lay an array of blessings on ten or twenty people. It was so complicated we had to keep notes just to reference!"

Was he talking to reassure her and keep her from thinking too much about the situation, or simply because he liked his own voice? Answer: That wasn't an 'or'.