Muggle-borns, purebloods...Korrin's clearly never heard of such distinctions before, and she listens with all due interest. That interest quickly turns to scorn at the notion of people being imprisoned for what they couldn't help. As a mage, even a non-Circle one, that resonates all too strongly with her.

"...well. Despite my seemingly neverending list of why Thedas is a harsh place to life, I can safely say that kind of discrimination isn't one known to us. If you're a mage, you're a mage; parentage doesn't factor into it, unless you're in Tevinter and even then, I'm pretty sure they don't imprison people based on bloodlines." They have less influence, which is still stupid, but as far as she's aware that's the extent of it. "I'm sorry you had to go through that, Hermione. At least you understand something of what we go through over here, though I still wouldn't wish it on anyone.

And you're not wrong about politics. It's what makes it all such a headache to deal with, for all that I refuse to back away from it. If I do that, then people can easily go back to ignoring or stepping all over us. No thank you. At least some on the council are able players of the Game, as much of a toxic mess as that tends to be."