"There is that satisfaction, I won't deny it but there are times when I get so very tired of it. You always know those people are watching for you to slip up and prove whatever point they have right so whatever you think or feel, you need to keep it held very tight until much later." It's been far too long since she's spoken to someone else who's had the same issues, just getting to talk about it lets her relax, sink back more comfortably. Bards wear masks even when they aren't wearing them and in her room she's lost her temper in private more times than she's proud of. It's why she misses everyone else from home so much, the well-oiled machine it was where one person didn't have to bear the brunt of it alone.
Thedas is much more of a balancing act and with the mark upon her hand, it can tip so fast, so very easily that she is always aware of where she is.
"She is a young queen, ages with myself, but she has belief and will. She takes audiences with normal folk more than other monarchs that I can remember." She does try to not sound too enamoured of Leandra but she loves her queen, what can she say.
"Such a thing usually takes a long time and usually has a cause - was there ever strife, some danger or stigma for those who possessed it? I can imagine that there are many mages in Thedas who would prefer it was that way for them. Unknown but not restricted." Already though she can see where there might be a problem inherent in it, a world within a world but that's what happens with nobles or anyone with power, it matters more about the character of the individual persons than anything else. "Is it guaranteed then that they would have mages? From my understanding in Thedas there are some bloodlines where magic is more inherent same as how in my own world there are some where they are famed for all the daughters having the same eye colour, everyone having the same nose passed down through generations and so on. Trying to bring the old attitudes together with the modern, even to find a meeting place to begin with must be a challenge."
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Thedas is much more of a balancing act and with the mark upon her hand, it can tip so fast, so very easily that she is always aware of where she is.
"She is a young queen, ages with myself, but she has belief and will. She takes audiences with normal folk more than other monarchs that I can remember." She does try to not sound too enamoured of Leandra but she loves her queen, what can she say.
"Such a thing usually takes a long time and usually has a cause - was there ever strife, some danger or stigma for those who possessed it? I can imagine that there are many mages in Thedas who would prefer it was that way for them. Unknown but not restricted." Already though she can see where there might be a problem inherent in it, a world within a world but that's what happens with nobles or anyone with power, it matters more about the character of the individual persons than anything else. "Is it guaranteed then that they would have mages? From my understanding in Thedas there are some bloodlines where magic is more inherent same as how in my own world there are some where they are famed for all the daughters having the same eye colour, everyone having the same nose passed down through generations and so on. Trying to bring the old attitudes together with the modern, even to find a meeting place to begin with must be a challenge."