To be honest - I don't believe that mages should have unlimited freedom.
[ There's no pleasure as he says it, but: ]
An Abomination is fully capable of murdering hundreds of people. To pretend that's not a reality would be naive. To pretend that a mage is like any other person, that they do not need particular training - I cannot say that I support a world where magic is treated no differently from green eyes or left-handedness.
[There's a flash of disappointment in Bene's eyes, but he recovers.]
...sure. Training is important. People ought to know what they have. [His gaze flits to the floor as he thinks.]
But it doesn't have to be a shameful, hidden thing. In Tevinter we see it as a gift, a privilege. People are educated accordingly. Some people abuse it, but. People abuse weapons training, too.
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[ But, drumming his fingers on the desk: ]
Are you imagining that the move would be immediately confining them?
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[The faintest of smirks.]
I'd rather not have been an idiot twice.
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[ By gestures slightly. Doesn't smile back. ]
I wish that my will would have any effect upon the fate of the mages. But it wouldn't. The areas in which I have any power at all - are small indeed.
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[He twists in his chair, resting his chin atop folded hands along the back of it.]
To keep you from going mad speculating, if nothing else.
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To be honest - I don't believe that mages should have unlimited freedom.
[ There's no pleasure as he says it, but: ]
An Abomination is fully capable of murdering hundreds of people. To pretend that's not a reality would be naive. To pretend that a mage is like any other person, that they do not need particular training - I cannot say that I support a world where magic is treated no differently from green eyes or left-handedness.
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[There's a flash of disappointment in Bene's eyes, but he recovers.]
...sure. Training is important. People ought to know what they have. [His gaze flits to the floor as he thinks.]
But it doesn't have to be a shameful, hidden thing. In Tevinter we see it as a gift, a privilege. People are educated accordingly. Some people abuse it, but. People abuse weapons training, too.
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[ Byerly lifts his shoulder in a small shrug. ]
The current way of doing things is, without question, cruel. Circles are monstrously corrupt.
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If I hadn't fucked my chances of returning to Minrathous after the war, I might not think on it so much. But my fate is with the Southern mages now.
[He purses his lips, his mind briefly drifting elsewhere.]
...and I don't have the excuse of ignorance anymore, even if I could go back. I can never unlearn what I know about Circles. [thanks Colin]
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[He falls silent for another long moment, then gives a little snort.]
Nice to have some idea what that is, for once.
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