thunderproof | 𝒊𝒏𝒃𝒐𝒙.

You're not from here, no, but there's no telling how long you'll be here. At least one of the Rifters has been here... it's got to be nearly three years now. It's fair to give you the option to join in if you'd like, I feel.

And as long as you're not discounting what many mages have been through, I don't see how that would be an issue.

[Maybe his view of it is a little simple here, but when he's seeking community among a majority of the mages, it has to be a little simplistic.]

It's not that I'd be discounting, it's...

❰ gosh, how to explain an utter disinterest in appeasing the chantry or the normal folk of thedas... ❱

To be perfectly honest I'm not entirely sure why you all haven't razed the Chantry to the ground and forced them to leave you alone. Which oversimplifies things and would cause as many problems as it solves, and what do I know about your politics and religion anyway. That's what I mean.

Have you... There's... There's a hole in Hightown. I don't know if you've seen it. But destroying a Chantry doesn't... solve much. And, um, aside from the physical structure, a vast majority of people seem to take some comfort from Andrastianism.

But we're trying to keep them at arm's length now. There's a lot of things they had in place to keep us from fighting for freedom, and there's a constant risk of them being brought back, but right now we're fighting.

I'm gathering some of us together who are against the return of captivity and Chantry control, for something a little on the casual side, a community. The start of one, I hope. It's not directly addressing any of the issues, but it'll hopefully help with some of them, like what one does with personhood when they've gained it. You could come, if you'd like.

I'm not allowed in Hightown. ❰ she is a rifter mage who appears elven. they wouldn't allow her in hightown even if she actually had a reason to be there. ❱

I didn't say get rid of the religion, I said get rid of the Chantry. But this, Anders, this is what I mean. I'm too invested in the mage stuff and I have no idea what my ideas or impulses would cost you and your people. I'd be willing to tear down the whole system just because of how it treats mages, and I'm not the smartest person there's ever been but I know I'd hurt more than I'd help. It's a good idea, and one I want to be a part of, I just...

❰ she sighs. ❱

I might come. I'll have to... muzzle myself or something if I do, you don't need me talking. I'd just stick my foot in my mouth about things I don't understand.

[He's quiet for a few moments.]

You'll be welcome to come, Adalia, and you don't have to muzzle yourself. If you've questions or are confused about something and don't want to show it to too many people, feel free to ask me there. I can attempt to be a walking reference for you. And...

[There's a short pause.]

I blew up the main Chantry in Kirkwall a couple of years ago. My route is not the one to take. I did save mage lives, but I took lives as well, and saving more than I killed does not mean it balances out. We must find a way to dismantle the system that does not go too far again.

I'm not afraid of looking stupid. I'm afraid of hurting your cause by talking about things I don't know about. I do that a lot.

( for all she was just talking about razing the chantry, the revelation that anders has done just that shocks adalia — she had meant metaphorically rather than literally, hadn't she? she didn't want anyone to get hurt to bring the chantry down, just for it to... stop. she's quiet for a long second in the wake of this knowledge, then nods. )

Yes, we must. I'll let you know if I end up coming, Anders.

𝒊𝒏𝒃𝒐𝒙.

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