"Mm, that. I used to be a lot worse with keeping such reactions under my hat. I don't know if it is because I've gotten older or have learned to put up with even more nonsense that has caused the slip ups to slow down." Both, most likely but that was neither here nor there. Waver also knew that having pointedly non-mage related hobbies, like video games, were a factor. Easy to vent and no one to be the wiser.
The love is clear, and there is a part of it that is deeply familiar. A smile tugged at Waver's lips recognizing familiar sentiment. "That is a good sign. Does she have a council that voices all perspectives, or only the ones bent towards reform?"
If it was a cabinet or council or some other word, Waver didn't know. Just a stab in the dark.
"Yes and no to cause. There was a fear of witches for a few centuries, but most families were already underground and bypassed. I think it is just the nature of what the supposed end-goal of the craft is." It was, in Waver's opinion, now a pointless goal, but he didn't voice that. No one wanted to hear him say such things. "As far as children goes, it is almost promised that a child will also be able to use the craft. It is also a generally accepted rule of thumb that two powerful parents will produce a more powerful offspring. Mind, families do eventually decline, but the causes of that are still being researched, as is how one might become a more powerful mage in their own lifetime before they have children."
The last thing is Waver's pet project, a thing that got him laughed at as a teenager and something he still believed in deeply. Beyond his work, beyond his duties to the Archibald family, there was the desire to improve as a mage in his own right, in spite of all limitations before him.
"Basically, families are so obsessed with breeding for more powerful kids to continue the line that they ignore everything else. It helps those on top quite a bit as well. There are studies of this kind of inheritance outside of magecraft but--" magi using technology is often a thing scorned. "Well, getting anyone to agree to use techniques of non-magic users is an uphill battle at the best of times."
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The love is clear, and there is a part of it that is deeply familiar. A smile tugged at Waver's lips recognizing familiar sentiment. "That is a good sign. Does she have a council that voices all perspectives, or only the ones bent towards reform?"
If it was a cabinet or council or some other word, Waver didn't know. Just a stab in the dark.
"Yes and no to cause. There was a fear of witches for a few centuries, but most families were already underground and bypassed. I think it is just the nature of what the supposed end-goal of the craft is." It was, in Waver's opinion, now a pointless goal, but he didn't voice that. No one wanted to hear him say such things. "As far as children goes, it is almost promised that a child will also be able to use the craft. It is also a generally accepted rule of thumb that two powerful parents will produce a more powerful offspring. Mind, families do eventually decline, but the causes of that are still being researched, as is how one might become a more powerful mage in their own lifetime before they have children."
The last thing is Waver's pet project, a thing that got him laughed at as a teenager and something he still believed in deeply. Beyond his work, beyond his duties to the Archibald family, there was the desire to improve as a mage in his own right, in spite of all limitations before him.
"Basically, families are so obsessed with breeding for more powerful kids to continue the line that they ignore everything else. It helps those on top quite a bit as well. There are studies of this kind of inheritance outside of magecraft but--" magi using technology is often a thing scorned. "Well, getting anyone to agree to use techniques of non-magic users is an uphill battle at the best of times."