"The Qunari do not believe in freedom. You are given a place, a role. If you are a mage you are not even a person. The word for it translates to 'dangerous thing' and they are masked with their mouths stitched shut that they might never speak to a demon and given a handler. Qunari flee the Qun to seek a new life for themselves, a life that they've chosen. Korrin's family did that." Freedom has always been everything to Araceli and the idea of not being able to choose what she wants to do, to having a life planned out for her start to finish so that everything is fixed? What spark would she have? She's aware of limits and restrictions in her life but she can still make choices; turn left, turn right, double back.
Considering some of the places the Inquisition goes? It wouldn't hurt. "Most historians are from the Chantry. The Chantry has a way of viewing things and who would say no to an extra set of hands? If you don't mind some of the places they go." Wild animals, the undead, Darkspawn, demons, extreme conditions from freezing cold to festering bogs to intense heat - the Inquisition - you'll go far.
"Are they?" 'They' not 'we'. Deliberate on her part though light enough to pose it as a question. "The Inquisition is for all but the Inquisition is not Thedas and even within the Inquisition there are differences of opinion. In Skyhold everyone is far away from the rest of the world unless heading out into the field or the towns and cities, it isn't the same as living with it." Araceli's been fortunate enough with her experiences elsewhere until her kidnap but she remembers being warned when she started her bard training how they might look at her, what they might want, some of the questions she's already been asked while she has to smile politely as if nothing touches her at all.
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Considering some of the places the Inquisition goes? It wouldn't hurt. "Most historians are from the Chantry. The Chantry has a way of viewing things and who would say no to an extra set of hands? If you don't mind some of the places they go." Wild animals, the undead, Darkspawn, demons, extreme conditions from freezing cold to festering bogs to intense heat - the Inquisition - you'll go far.
"Are they?" 'They' not 'we'. Deliberate on her part though light enough to pose it as a question. "The Inquisition is for all but the Inquisition is not Thedas and even within the Inquisition there are differences of opinion. In Skyhold everyone is far away from the rest of the world unless heading out into the field or the towns and cities, it isn't the same as living with it." Araceli's been fortunate enough with her experiences elsewhere until her kidnap but she remembers being warned when she started her bard training how they might look at her, what they might want, some of the questions she's already been asked while she has to smile politely as if nothing touches her at all.