"Very wise," Leliana agrees. And caution aside, as a bard she has some appreciation for the time and energy that goes into constructing a narrative, into any creative work, and how galling it would be to have to tear something apart due to something unforseen as problematic.
"I think there are opportunities that your work presents, as someone not putting forth official Inquisition statements." They were studied and edited as necessary, but they weren't officially from the Inquisition, and that made all the difference - particularly amongst Orlesians. "I think that in time there could be opportunities to sow seeds of... thought, shall we say, if not doubt. Distinctions must be made between rifters and demons, for one, given the rumours that circulate. If the Inquisition is seen as a home to demons that will damage our cause. Either the narrative needs to demonstrate what they are not, or it should not mention them at all."
People rarely enjoyed having what something is dictated to them, after all. Better to let them fill in blanks, to form their own pictures. The trick was in carefully sculpting what it was they crafted, as if by your own hand.
"Do you think diagrams will scadalise Orlesian sensibilities?"
It is not an entirely serious question - Leliana thinks they would love it, abhor it, and in either case it would make people talk, but Gwenaëlle's opinion interests her.
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"I think there are opportunities that your work presents, as someone not putting forth official Inquisition statements." They were studied and edited as necessary, but they weren't officially from the Inquisition, and that made all the difference - particularly amongst Orlesians. "I think that in time there could be opportunities to sow seeds of... thought, shall we say, if not doubt. Distinctions must be made between rifters and demons, for one, given the rumours that circulate. If the Inquisition is seen as a home to demons that will damage our cause. Either the narrative needs to demonstrate what they are not, or it should not mention them at all."
People rarely enjoyed having what something is dictated to them, after all. Better to let them fill in blanks, to form their own pictures. The trick was in carefully sculpting what it was they crafted, as if by your own hand.
"Do you think diagrams will scadalise Orlesian sensibilities?"
It is not an entirely serious question - Leliana thinks they would love it, abhor it, and in either case it would make people talk, but Gwenaëlle's opinion interests her.