"I'll keep an eye out. Then again, that shouldn't be hard. He's a unique creature, and to my knowledge there aren't any other foxes living in Skyhold." Or if there were, Waver hadn't seen them.
Waver recognized far, far too much of himself when she began to speak of being less for one's station in life. That was how magi back home operated, the stupid hierarchy of talent and marrying up, and it never sat well with him. "I think that it might, but that isn't a bad thing. It makes proving people wrong a lot more satisfying, for one."
The reforms were ones Waver favors across any world, and he nodded along approvingly at the expanation. There was precious little point in stating the obvious fact that reforms like that are hard and can lead to revolt - doubtlessly, that's known info - but he could appreciate that anyone's willing to do that. Rather he settled on the far more hopeful, "Those are good goals to strive for. I hope things take root and grow according to her plans."
It felt strange to have someone excited about home and about magecraft though. Waver iwas used to grousing about it, about the politics, about his adoptive sister, about all the little infractions that make him want to critique everything around him until it is dust. But then again, home was sunshine and puppies compared Thedas' opinions on magic.
"I think the most straight forward thing to say is that the infrastructure of magic in Thedas isn't comparable to anything back home. Not in how our craft draws power out and not in how we do or don't move about in society." Which was an understatement.
"Magi don't advertise themselves as magi. It is a societal preference, and for most people where I'm from, it is like you said. Magic is in books, it isn't real. Which suits magi just fine, as many are old families who have had their craft passed down through generations." It isn't going to be a lecture, if Waver can help it. "That same element has created a bit of a mage nobility versus younger families divide, which is what I often contend with at work. To be a mage is to be an heir to a family fortune, in a way. But families can choose to be as insular as they like, or interact with non-magi and the wider world as long as they keep the craft on the down low to their other friends and associates."
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Waver recognized far, far too much of himself when she began to speak of being less for one's station in life. That was how magi back home operated, the stupid hierarchy of talent and marrying up, and it never sat well with him. "I think that it might, but that isn't a bad thing. It makes proving people wrong a lot more satisfying, for one."
The reforms were ones Waver favors across any world, and he nodded along approvingly at the expanation. There was precious little point in stating the obvious fact that reforms like that are hard and can lead to revolt - doubtlessly, that's known info - but he could appreciate that anyone's willing to do that. Rather he settled on the far more hopeful, "Those are good goals to strive for. I hope things take root and grow according to her plans."
It felt strange to have someone excited about home and about magecraft though. Waver iwas used to grousing about it, about the politics, about his adoptive sister, about all the little infractions that make him want to critique everything around him until it is dust. But then again, home was sunshine and puppies compared Thedas' opinions on magic.
"I think the most straight forward thing to say is that the infrastructure of magic in Thedas isn't comparable to anything back home. Not in how our craft draws power out and not in how we do or don't move about in society." Which was an understatement.
"Magi don't advertise themselves as magi. It is a societal preference, and for most people where I'm from, it is like you said. Magic is in books, it isn't real. Which suits magi just fine, as many are old families who have had their craft passed down through generations." It isn't going to be a lecture, if Waver can help it. "That same element has created a bit of a mage nobility versus younger families divide, which is what I often contend with at work. To be a mage is to be an heir to a family fortune, in a way. But families can choose to be as insular as they like, or interact with non-magi and the wider world as long as they keep the craft on the down low to their other friends and associates."