I can't claim that I was always of this mindset and I will not, I have a responsibility in knowing I was part of a system that was complacent in everything. In the use of blood magic, in the abuse of magic, in the suffering of slaves...and I comforted myself by saying "my family treats our slaves well" and "slavery is better than living in the alienages."

[Dorian inhaled and exhaled slowly, it was difficult having the scales fall from one's eyes.]

Those excuses came from a life that normalized such things and I realized I was just appeasing my own guilt and making excuses for inaction. Then I met people, people I never would have met in Tevinter because they would have been slaves...and I'm very glad that I met them.

[He was glad that he had Fenris's ear at least.]

I would pontificate about the wrongs of rounding mages up and locking them in towers when it hadn't occurred to me that we do the same thing to people in Tevinter. I find it's not an argument I can make without dishonesty, not any longer. If slaves can be rounded up, locked away, and abused then there is no reason that mages cannot...it's just a bad argument.

[Well this was a deep topic, he hadn't intended to go quite this far.]

Ah, but I only wanted to know if you were well or if you needed anything. I have plants from our world so I am able to make potions and tonics if you require any of that.