"That makes two of us." He had been lucky that he had landed in the Ostwick Circle, met James and the others, but it still had been a Circle. Granted he had learned much, but that still didn't change being taken from his family, kept behind stone walls, or the choices he had when his Harrowing came due. The pros did not outweigh the cons.

But he had been lucky.

"Based on what I've heard of the Kirkwall Circle... are you really surprised so many mages took that route? That kind of environment... being backed into a corner makes people panic. Are you even sure the numbers are correct? It sounded like every mage was being accused of being a blood mage or abomination."