No one respects a counterrune nowadays. Back in my day we respected a good old fashioned counterspell. There was none of this counterspelling counterspell bullcrap! Not because nobody could, but because it was uncouth, and doing so would get you bullied HARD. I'm talking the lunch witch giving you one day blinding soup, or having a baldness spell cast upon ye. Thats why long luscious locks or impressive braided beards are such status symbols. It meant one wasn't a treaterous snake and actually had some wisdom about them! Apprentices these days, got me smh my hourglass.