An easy gesture, where she might've shrugged again if she hadn't already - "I was not confined by my Circle, even before I joined the ranks of the Mortalitasi."
She had been a fully-fledged mage in her own right when she began down that path, the secrets of her order whispered to her by the spirit of a mage who had walked it in life through the mouth of the jeweled skull that she keeps, still. She had already been a member of the court, as well, dutiful and smiling at her mother's side, navigating the murky world of political influence with a deft hand and an eye for both weaknesses and worthy potential.
She had had little expectation of ever leaving her homeland, however, expecting instead that pursuing opportunities to learn like this one would be necessarily limited to that which she could bring to herself. As she says, attending the lesson carefully, studying how Araceli moves and committing the guidance she gives to memory,
"We are not confined, but there is little incentive to leave Nevarra when we are quite aware of what to expect outside her borders. Knight-Commander Baratheon felt it his duty to warn me, for instance, that I cannot expect to be treated here as I am accustomed to in my home."
Being Lady Thevenet means something in Nevarra that in the south is superseded by being a mage. And being a Necromancer, something frightening, unsettling, not trusted.
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She had been a fully-fledged mage in her own right when she began down that path, the secrets of her order whispered to her by the spirit of a mage who had walked it in life through the mouth of the jeweled skull that she keeps, still. She had already been a member of the court, as well, dutiful and smiling at her mother's side, navigating the murky world of political influence with a deft hand and an eye for both weaknesses and worthy potential.
She had had little expectation of ever leaving her homeland, however, expecting instead that pursuing opportunities to learn like this one would be necessarily limited to that which she could bring to herself. As she says, attending the lesson carefully, studying how Araceli moves and committing the guidance she gives to memory,
"We are not confined, but there is little incentive to leave Nevarra when we are quite aware of what to expect outside her borders. Knight-Commander Baratheon felt it his duty to warn me, for instance, that I cannot expect to be treated here as I am accustomed to in my home."
Being Lady Thevenet means something in Nevarra that in the south is superseded by being a mage. And being a Necromancer, something frightening, unsettling, not trusted.