Bethany nudged her horse into keeping pace with Helena. She was going to let her rebuttal go, allow accusations of being spoiled and sheltered fall off her back like water. After all, it might be for the best that she think her so naïve at first and hopefully in the end Bethany could prove her wrong.
But then she asked her point blank if she'd ever even left Starkhaven it was too much. [color=#68c4e8]"Have I-, please tell me you're joking. You don't honestly think I've spent my entire life sitting in the Starkhaven Circle twiddling my thumbs, do you?"[/color] she asked incredulously.
[color=#68c4e8]"I spent the first 18 years of my life in Ferelden, and then I fled to Kirkwall from the Blight. I joined the Circle there - and you know how troubled that place was. I spent years in the Gallows under Meredith. I fought the Qunari, I was kidnapped by blood mages, my mother died at the hands of the most twisted blood magic imaginable, I came face to face with Corypheus and survived."[/color] And those were only the highlights, the things that might get through to her that Bethany hadn't come to her ideals lightly.
She could have stopped there, but Bethany found herself continuing in an effort to impress upon her templar companion just how much she did know. [color=#68c4e8]"I've seen what happens when mages become so desperate that they will turn to anything in an effort to simply be left alone to live. And I've seen the Templars drive them to this in their cruelty, abusing and violating those who are supposed to be their charges. I've seen both the Right of Tranquility and the Right of Annulment put into effect just because a Templar wanted to show they had the power to do so. And if you're asking if I know about Dairsmuid, I do. And those mages did not deserve their fate."[/color]
[color=#68c4e8]"So yes, I am aware. I am aware that both Templars and Mages are capable of great evils, and I am also aware that they are capable of amazing good. I chose to return to Starkhaven when I didn't have to because I believe that the Circles can be reformed into places for all to safely learn about magic without tearing people away from their homes and families and treating them as less than human."[/color] While she never resorted to yelling, her voice had taken a continually more firm and determined tone as she continued.
[color=#68c4e8]"So don't assume me to be a sheltered enchanter naïvely unaware of the realities of the world. I am painfully aware, and I have not come to my beliefs lightly."[/color] So much for holding back.
But then she asked her point blank if she'd ever even left Starkhaven it was too much. [color=#68c4e8]"Have I-, please tell me you're joking. You don't honestly think I've spent my entire life sitting in the Starkhaven Circle twiddling my thumbs, do you?"[/color] she asked incredulously.
[color=#68c4e8]"I spent the first 18 years of my life in Ferelden, and then I fled to Kirkwall from the Blight. I joined the Circle there - and you know how troubled that place was. I spent years in the Gallows under Meredith. I fought the Qunari, I was kidnapped by blood mages, my mother died at the hands of the most twisted blood magic imaginable, I came face to face with Corypheus and survived."[/color] And those were only the highlights, the things that might get through to her that Bethany hadn't come to her ideals lightly.
She could have stopped there, but Bethany found herself continuing in an effort to impress upon her templar companion just how much she did know. [color=#68c4e8]"I've seen what happens when mages become so desperate that they will turn to anything in an effort to simply be left alone to live. And I've seen the Templars drive them to this in their cruelty, abusing and violating those who are supposed to be their charges. I've seen both the Right of Tranquility and the Right of Annulment put into effect just because a Templar wanted to show they had the power to do so. And if you're asking if I know about Dairsmuid, I do. And those mages did not deserve their fate."[/color]
[color=#68c4e8]"So yes, I am aware. I am aware that both Templars and Mages are capable of great evils, and I am also aware that they are capable of amazing good. I chose to return to Starkhaven when I didn't have to because I believe that the Circles can be reformed into places for all to safely learn about magic without tearing people away from their homes and families and treating them as less than human."[/color] While she never resorted to yelling, her voice had taken a continually more firm and determined tone as she continued.
[color=#68c4e8]"So don't assume me to be a sheltered enchanter naïvely unaware of the realities of the world. I am painfully aware, and I have not come to my beliefs lightly."[/color] So much for holding back.
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