Acclimation

At the expense of the people?  Elanna's expression immediately turned colder.  Perhaps that was how other countries did things, making the nobility rich on the backs of the poor, but Ferelden wasn't going to do that.  Their people had suffered enough and they didn't need anyone purposefully making it worse for them.

[color=#17b529]"That explains why he said no.  That's not how we do things here in Ferelden.  We may not be the richest country, but we will not build our fortunes on the backs of the people,"[/color] she said firmly.  [color=#17b529]"We had someone who took charge of our country in the not too distant past that tried to do that and all it brought was more death and misery.  We will not go down that path again."[/color]

[color=#17b529]"However,"[/color] she said, with less coldness and more consideration in her tone, [color=#17b529]"strengthening apprenticeship programs would not be a bad thing, nor would opening them up further age appropriately.  So long as we're not stealing childhoods, people being introduced to and better supported in the trades could be  quite beneficial."[/color]  She was willing to throw the future queen a bone there.  Her philosophy was wrong, but she could still have some worthwhile ideas to build on.