I get the feeling that Sage, like Guide, doesn't have an impulse, at least not a notable one, and that's part of Ares problem. He isn't getting any feedback from his blessing, yet still trying to live in accordance with his blessing. There isn't anything there for him to live in accordance with, and so he made up a path and is trying desperately to follow it. I would go farther to suggest that Sage and Guide both lacking a notable impulse is due to them having the same purpose of guiding and providing advice, and that too much of an impulse would interfere with that purpose and narrow their view.