"Yes."

He takes another drink.

"I have an...acquaintance. An adventurous sort. I'm not exactly like him. There are many things out there, and I'm neither skilled enough with offensive magic, nor quick enough to move away from something that might injure me."

And perhaps that's what Raziel understood, and why it was never mentioned between them that Kirian should join him. They both knew he'd be a liability.