It's done a great deal of damage to all of us, mages or not; anything that's got its roots in rejecting what the Maker's plainly told us is doomed.
But it's something that can be corrected; if we hadn't lost the Divine... [It's been years and still his throat closes at the thought of it; he has to pause a moment before continuing.] --we'd be that much closer to reform and a better future for mages when--or should--the Circles return.
And I do hope they return in some form because there isn't a future for us if we've not got a place within the larger world. The power the Maker's given us is an awesome thing--a fearsome thing--and we've got a responsibility to use it wisely. It's not simply about our needs, but the needs of those around us.
Which is not to say the world's best served by locking us up and abusing us; those who bring harm without provocation to the least of His children are hated and accursed of the Maker. There need to be changes if we're to save what's good.
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But it's something that can be corrected; if we hadn't lost the Divine... [It's been years and still his throat closes at the thought of it; he has to pause a moment before continuing.] --we'd be that much closer to reform and a better future for mages when--or should--the Circles return.
And I do hope they return in some form because there isn't a future for us if we've not got a place within the larger world. The power the Maker's given us is an awesome thing--a fearsome thing--and we've got a responsibility to use it wisely. It's not simply about our needs, but the needs of those around us.
Which is not to say the world's best served by locking us up and abusing us; those who bring harm without provocation to the least of His children are hated and accursed of the Maker. There need to be changes if we're to save what's good.