I made a study of it, comparing what went best with which frozen slide. Those notes may yet be in the Spire.
[ If they were not burned. How she kept her head well enough to take accurate notes- she honestly can't say. After the first hour it all blurred into 'tastes more pink' and 'needs more sugar'. ]
Contrary to what you think, they do. Magic is- in your world it seems to have a great impact on many things. Here it is widespread enough to be a problem, but not so much that everyone is aware of it enough to be comfortable. The things we are capable of- I am under no illusions. Mages are inherently dangerous if untrained. And everyone knows it- you have your tales of what you are, the wolf, that everyone knows? Educated or not, peasant or noble- assumptions are made of mages. That we are monsters, that we are demons waiting to happen. My whole life what I can do, even the healing, the creating- it is tinged with that. People see a mage and think 'oh, she'll turn me into a frog' or something like that.
Apostates see me and think I wish to make them think the way I do, like a Circle mage with our rules and means and politics. But you... [ a specific you, a general you, who knows? She will not say. ] You have no such reservations. It is a refreshing change of pace, to be appreciated without fear. To have someone see or hear of what I can do and not be afraid. It means a great deal to me, Red.
[ More than she can properly articulate at the moment- it is selfish, perhaps, that she wishes to spend more time around rifters if only so they might continue to treat her with the same lack of fear or concern that she cannot find among those of her world...and she is not certain she truly cares. ]
Magic is meant to serve man, not rule over him. We are taught to fear our skills in the South. That we are dangerous, that if we are not careful we will become abominations. That fear...makes taking joy in what I am able to do difficult. It makes using magic for anything more than what must be done feel...wasteful? Risky. When I first came to Skyhold I was loathe to do so. Magic is for healing, for building, for teaching. Not for sculpting or frivolity. I suppose in a way this ties into one of my favored memories of after.
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[ If they were not burned. How she kept her head well enough to take accurate notes- she honestly can't say. After the first hour it all blurred into 'tastes more pink' and 'needs more sugar'. ]
Contrary to what you think, they do. Magic is- in your world it seems to have a great impact on many things. Here it is widespread enough to be a problem, but not so much that everyone is aware of it enough to be comfortable. The things we are capable of- I am under no illusions. Mages are inherently dangerous if untrained. And everyone knows it- you have your tales of what you are, the wolf, that everyone knows? Educated or not, peasant or noble- assumptions are made of mages. That we are monsters, that we are demons waiting to happen. My whole life what I can do, even the healing, the creating- it is tinged with that. People see a mage and think 'oh, she'll turn me into a frog' or something like that.
Apostates see me and think I wish to make them think the way I do, like a Circle mage with our rules and means and politics. But you... [ a specific you, a general you, who knows? She will not say. ] You have no such reservations. It is a refreshing change of pace, to be appreciated without fear. To have someone see or hear of what I can do and not be afraid. It means a great deal to me, Red.
[ More than she can properly articulate at the moment- it is selfish, perhaps, that she wishes to spend more time around rifters if only so they might continue to treat her with the same lack of fear or concern that she cannot find among those of her world...and she is not certain she truly cares. ]
Magic is meant to serve man, not rule over him. We are taught to fear our skills in the South. That we are dangerous, that if we are not careful we will become abominations. That fear...makes taking joy in what I am able to do difficult. It makes using magic for anything more than what must be done feel...wasteful? Risky. When I first came to Skyhold I was loathe to do so. Magic is for healing, for building, for teaching. Not for sculpting or frivolity. I suppose in a way this ties into one of my favored memories of after.