Bethany was conflicted about the Chantry. While she agreed that the way they treated mages was abhorrent and that they'd allowed horrific things to happen under their watch, they weren't all bad. Some Chantry sisters were among the most peaceful and lovely souls Bethany had ever known - the ones that devoted themselves to study, or healing, or good works in Andraste and the Maker's name. While she usually couldn't bring herself to do so now, she had taken solace in the Chantry in her youth, and so she couldn't bring herself to condemn them completely.
[color=#68c4e8]"I am not always in alignment with the Chantry, but there was a mage at its head once. I won't defend many of their actions, but I do think there are still parts worth saving. The ones that do good, that bring people comfort in dark times. That is worth hanging onto, I think."[/color]
His reaction told her something about the person across from her, though. They were elven, a mage, but the lack of vallaslin made her think perhaps not Dalish, and yet the way they spoke of magic was not what she would expect of a Circle-trained mage either. All this, plus Andoral's instincts, was making her wonder just who Revas was to be able to ask such questions and, presumably, aid.
[color=#68c4e8]"Not combat,"[/color] she was quick to say. [color=#68c4e8]"We have enough strife and if we start there things could just get even worse. Fundamentals, I would think, to start. A better understanding of the true nature of spirits and magic and how it's infused with the world. Not merely whatever they deemed worthy to teach in the Circles - the older ways from before the Veil so we can begin to adapt to the world as it is now and not how we're used to experiencing it."[/color]
[color=#68c4e8]"If I may, what is your background that you might have knowledge of such things?"[/color] she asked curiously. It would help to know a bit more so as to know if it was wise to place her trust in him.
[color=#68c4e8]"I am not always in alignment with the Chantry, but there was a mage at its head once. I won't defend many of their actions, but I do think there are still parts worth saving. The ones that do good, that bring people comfort in dark times. That is worth hanging onto, I think."[/color]
His reaction told her something about the person across from her, though. They were elven, a mage, but the lack of vallaslin made her think perhaps not Dalish, and yet the way they spoke of magic was not what she would expect of a Circle-trained mage either. All this, plus Andoral's instincts, was making her wonder just who Revas was to be able to ask such questions and, presumably, aid.
[color=#68c4e8]"Not combat,"[/color] she was quick to say. [color=#68c4e8]"We have enough strife and if we start there things could just get even worse. Fundamentals, I would think, to start. A better understanding of the true nature of spirits and magic and how it's infused with the world. Not merely whatever they deemed worthy to teach in the Circles - the older ways from before the Veil so we can begin to adapt to the world as it is now and not how we're used to experiencing it."[/color]
[color=#68c4e8]"If I may, what is your background that you might have knowledge of such things?"[/color] she asked curiously. It would help to know a bit more so as to know if it was wise to place her trust in him.
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