[ It’s enough to make Bastien grin, regardless, though he taps By’s chest with his hand—a sign for slow down, ease up. ]
Maybe. Or maybe Riftwatch would decide it is better to have other tenets—the mages and rifters have the numbers, you know—and we would have to decide whether we want to stay.
[ Would he? He’s not sure. He’s not opposed to the mages not returning to the Circles, so much as it has never been on the list of things he would have joined an organization to advocate for. He has his own concerns. ]
If we did, we would at least know what we were getting into. We’d be agreeing to it. So maybe we could all stop trying to maneuver around one another every moment of the day, and the Templars would know they might stop bothering to come here at all. We could offer a, uh—
[ Another grin, and some jostling of Byerly on his lap as he reaches for a half-full ash tray. ]
—a hand-lopping service, for Thedosians who would find the climate unagreeable.
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Maybe. Or maybe Riftwatch would decide it is better to have other tenets—the mages and rifters have the numbers, you know—and we would have to decide whether we want to stay.
[ Would he? He’s not sure. He’s not opposed to the mages not returning to the Circles, so much as it has never been on the list of things he would have joined an organization to advocate for. He has his own concerns. ]
If we did, we would at least know what we were getting into. We’d be agreeing to it. So maybe we could all stop trying to maneuver around one another every moment of the day, and the Templars would know they might stop bothering to come here at all. We could offer a, uh—
[ Another grin, and some jostling of Byerly on his lap as he reaches for a half-full ash tray. ]
—a hand-lopping service, for Thedosians who would find the climate unagreeable.