Waver's face contorted in distaste when the mention of education came up. He'd be pouncing on anyone who tried to argue against universal education. "Well, if you'd believe it to be an asset, all you need to do is let me know when the discussion occurs and I'll come to it with pins in order to poke holes."

That sounded far better in Waver's head than out loud.

"Oof," waver cringed. Thedas definitely didn't need firearms, and really, really didn't need to scapegoat anyone for applied technology. "Point taken."

"No it's more, hm," Waver paused, trying to figuring out the best way to explain it. "After he died, other historians examined his military career and made this observation. How we met is odd, I confess." The man had been dead for over 2,000 years, and he and Iskandar only met in the 1990s.