Fair. [There's a laugh behind the words; not much humor in it, but a laugh all the same.] Very fair.

[He's likewise silent as Anders cedes the first statement to him, rolling his sending crystal between his fingers as he picks up and discards what he might say. Perhaps it's best to begin at the beginning--]

We got off wrong-footed from the start and I won't say I'm at all innocent in that, but I think it's left an impression of me that's far from the truth.

I believe magic is the Maker's gift to us; the idea that we're cursed for having it is the vilest piece of false doctrine imaginable. For all it's done to give demons a ready supply of fearful hosts in this world, I'd almost believe they came up with it. [He pauses, considering--

Then lets that stand as is. Better, he thinks, to see where Anders' questions might take them than lay it all out as he might for an opponent in formal debate.]