"That's how it starts," Loxley says. "For some. I guess it starts with money for most."
And for himself, a bit of both, but he'd like to imagine he isn't half as motivated by gold as he might behave. Maybe he'd still be aboard a ship, slitting throats, if that was so. Still climbing through the windows of his betters, in the dark.
As for magic—
"Most kinds," he'll allow. "I know those that tamper with the dead are often unappreciated for their efforts, but, all the rest. There's this university for magic users—different to your Circles, a place that's actually quite difficult to get into rather than out of, I think. But they do all sorts of magic. And people who wield it... I don't know, it's just different. If you have magic, you must have worked hard to get it, or train in it. It's respected."
And he pauses, there, and gives a light, quiet laugh. "Sorry, I'm—that's not very sensitive to you, to speak of all this. I was just thinking how well you'd like it."
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And for himself, a bit of both, but he'd like to imagine he isn't half as motivated by gold as he might behave. Maybe he'd still be aboard a ship, slitting throats, if that was so. Still climbing through the windows of his betters, in the dark.
As for magic—
"Most kinds," he'll allow. "I know those that tamper with the dead are often unappreciated for their efforts, but, all the rest. There's this university for magic users—different to your Circles, a place that's actually quite difficult to get into rather than out of, I think. But they do all sorts of magic. And people who wield it... I don't know, it's just different. If you have magic, you must have worked hard to get it, or train in it. It's respected."
And he pauses, there, and gives a light, quiet laugh. "Sorry, I'm—that's not very sensitive to you, to speak of all this. I was just thinking how well you'd like it."