Ellana takes a moment to consider this as she takes up her tea once more to have a sip. To just listen and understand seems simple, but...
"All right. I do see that I have a lot to educate myself on, but I wonder at how to understand things I have no context for. I don't come from a Circle or a noble family. But... well, do you understand me? And the Dalish perspective? Maybe you do because I've hidden little of my thoughts, but what about those who hold things close to the chest?" She thinks of Vivienne especially here. The woman is firm on wanting education for young mages, and for it to be in the strict Circle system. But that was a system that she's heard varying accounts on, and most of it wasn't good.
"Like Vivienne. What she says about training has to do with following the Chantry's rules on training mages in the Circle. Everything she is for has to do with reinstating the Circles and protecting mages in Circles. But she didn't live in the Circle. How can I understand her when I can't understand why she says one thing and does another?"
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"All right. I do see that I have a lot to educate myself on, but I wonder at how to understand things I have no context for. I don't come from a Circle or a noble family. But... well, do you understand me? And the Dalish perspective? Maybe you do because I've hidden little of my thoughts, but what about those who hold things close to the chest?" She thinks of Vivienne especially here. The woman is firm on wanting education for young mages, and for it to be in the strict Circle system. But that was a system that she's heard varying accounts on, and most of it wasn't good.
"Like Vivienne. What she says about training has to do with following the Chantry's rules on training mages in the Circle. Everything she is for has to do with reinstating the Circles and protecting mages in Circles. But she didn't live in the Circle. How can I understand her when I can't understand why she says one thing and does another?"