Sometimes I forget that isn't actually what the Inquisition's for.
[It sounds like a joke, paired as it is with the closest thing to a self-deprecating laugh as he's willing to get. It isn't. Not really.]
I'm not suggesting we leave Corypheus alone to do as he pleases. But it's so easy for people who aren't mages to take for granted what the Inquisition offers us. And for the rest of us, it feels almost too good to be true. Like bait.
[Demon's advocate again, speaking for the dead now, the ones who insisted on throwing their lives away with self-professed integrity rather than surrender themselves to one more institution with the power to betray them. It is not a position Vandelin wants to give a platform. But perhaps he owes it to their memory to present it as if it's worth refuting.]
I want to help build things. And I want to do it before we have any more ashes to build on top of. But I recognize that what I want and what we may need are not necessarily the same thing.
It's too comfortable, and it's lead by a Seeker and a Templar and a sister, along with a diplomat, and one of the leaders here is a Templar. I agree with your concerns. And I think your want here is parallel with the need of mages.
[It's absolutely bait. Chantry-inspired bait, no less.]
The cause is important. But we have to look toward our future because once Corypheus is dealt with the power void left by the Divine will be obvious once more, and how better to solidify one's power than... dealing with the mage issue?
Now is vitally important, because I don't want more ashes either.
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[It sounds like a joke, paired as it is with the closest thing to a self-deprecating laugh as he's willing to get. It isn't. Not really.]
I'm not suggesting we leave Corypheus alone to do as he pleases. But it's so easy for people who aren't mages to take for granted what the Inquisition offers us. And for the rest of us, it feels almost too good to be true. Like bait.
[Demon's advocate again, speaking for the dead now, the ones who insisted on throwing their lives away with self-professed integrity rather than surrender themselves to one more institution with the power to betray them. It is not a position Vandelin wants to give a platform. But perhaps he owes it to their memory to present it as if it's worth refuting.]
I want to help build things. And I want to do it before we have any more ashes to build on top of. But I recognize that what I want and what we may need are not necessarily the same thing.
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[It's absolutely bait. Chantry-inspired bait, no less.]
The cause is important. But we have to look toward our future because once Corypheus is dealt with the power void left by the Divine will be obvious once more, and how better to solidify one's power than... dealing with the mage issue?
Now is vitally important, because I don't want more ashes either.