"Overcome by a demon. We killed him." She hadn't- couldn't- her contract with Compassion allows precious little distinction between a mage before and after possession. In a debate such as this specificity is required- if they are to make their political point on the bones of a child.

Adelaide takes a deep breath to settle herself, looking up to them both.

"No, not one of mine. But he does not need to be. Dithering caused this. We in our inability to offer an alternative, our inability to discuss this point civilly, to compromise- we did this. And we must make it right, that much I must agree on. But an outright ban on Harrowings as they were done in the circle will not be something we can manage." Not after this.