(I'm a writer through and through, Saph :p I'd offer to let you read one of the novels I've written, but I don't think you'd like them

Also, the way you've done it is 100% fine, but just a reminder: Frith hasn't told Ebony his name.)
Frifth nodded. "I used to be like that. But a Rogue won't think like that, not for long. The world out there is too hard for us to see the good in everything." It was also too hard
not to. "We make an effort to try. But there are too many uncertainties, things that could go wrong. A Rogue hopes for the best, but expects the worst. And they deal with what they get.
"You sound very close," he continued. "And true, she sounds like a good friend. Loyalty is important. But it only goes so far. I admire your friendship, I'm just commenting that a Rogue would never trust someone like that." He smiled to try and show her he meant no offence to her or her friend. "Good thing you're not a Rogue."