Kaidan took a long drink from the mug he had in front of him - only water, but it helped him to focus a little. "Your father was probably being wise in keeping it from you," Kaidan pointed out. "You can't blame him for wanting to protect you as long as possible. Yes, there are other secrets that only mages know. It's... well, there's no point in telling the warriors and rogues. They'd only worry about it, or try to protect us. But we have certain duties around Thedas that only mages can carry out. It's not easy to stomach the kinds of magic we have to use -" again, blood magic hangs in the air between them, "-but if we want to protect Thedas, to allow everyone else to live, it's what we have to do."

Kaidan knew a fair amount of it, but not all of what mages did. He was also learning as he went along. "We're also going to have to figure out if we tell our newest recruit."