"You should visit the Circles in Tevinter," Vergil says, "given the chance. I've never feared mages. Many of my Chantry brothers were mages."
This is not strictly true - the stuff about fear, that is; it is difficult not to find dread in the prospect of someone who can set you afire with one thought, then freeze you solid with the next. But he draws a line between this practical fear and the superstitious terror he imagines is more typical of a southerner.
"That's not to say Tevinter doesn't have its woes. Not to say that some things there won't shock you. But you have the gift- you will be treated with respect. And I believe that the South has a great deal to learn from the North, and vice versa."
This really is true, and to make that as clear as it can be, Vergil adopts a guileless expression, hands spreading before him in a wide gesture of harmlessness. He's just said a lot, just owned directly to his origin and role. He might as well own to his purpose.
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This is not strictly true - the stuff about fear, that is; it is difficult not to find dread in the prospect of someone who can set you afire with one thought, then freeze you solid with the next. But he draws a line between this practical fear and the superstitious terror he imagines is more typical of a southerner.
"That's not to say Tevinter doesn't have its woes. Not to say that some things there won't shock you. But you have the gift- you will be treated with respect. And I believe that the South has a great deal to learn from the North, and vice versa."
This really is true, and to make that as clear as it can be, Vergil adopts a guileless expression, hands spreading before him in a wide gesture of harmlessness. He's just said a lot, just owned directly to his origin and role. He might as well own to his purpose.
"That is why I am here."