Wighard knew there was an obvious way to make this awkward by making any reference to Gimgroth's (former?) illiteracy. He's not sure how he has managed to do so by not doing that, but he certainly has and he is genuinely upset for doing it.

Gimgroth, however you took my words I never, never meant you to think that I would not.

I have taught Siobhan, I have taught Maxine, I have taught Jasmine's collection of waifs and strays. I mean, I mean, I know you weren't around for most of that but the idea of refusing never crossed my mind.

I can teach her as much of what I know as is safe to teach her and I think she shall learn fast.

However I don't, I can't know everything.

There are some things I cannot teach

I cannot teach her how to act as a court bard, because I fit in there as well as you do. By being too useful, frankly too dangerous, to be ignored.

That's not an approach you want for Beatrix because her equivalent of us would be a diva people tolerate only for her talent. At best that is lonely, at worst it means your tongue cut out when you finally go too far

No, for that we have to go to Bruno