Yeah, it doesn't always work out... but at least if shit happens we've got workarounds here. Healers, necromancers, the works.

[He says that so flippantly, but he knows that despite everything resurrections aren't cheap or easy, even here on Avalon.]

But that's right, if you siphon up a curse or such it can mess you up, right? What do you siphoners do with that mana, just blast it into the ether where it can do no harm?

[Why is she suddenly responsible for teaching him about siphoning?! Well, maybe he drank a beer or two too many and decided to get chatty on AOL instead of just lurking like usual. Hence he also isn't really minding his manners. Sorry, Padmé.]