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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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( 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.