Well, that was something she would find that she and Norrington had in common. Norrington had been an adult from the time he was 10, and began his upward climb through Templar training. Yet he didn't have his formative change, began to loosen up, until he was sent to Ostwick.

Life was uncontrollable. The only thing you could control was yourself.

He gave her a puzzled look at both of those terms, but nodded at the final answer, "Yes, that more or less sums it up. There are of course, the corrupt ones in our ranks, but for the most part we are meant to protect them."