"I can understand why most mages aren't eager to discuss it, but I think it's ... it's important for you to understand. All rifters, probably, but certainly those of you who can do magic. It'd be hard to understand mage politics without it, and I think it likely isn't news to you that rifters' long-term situation is likely tied to the outcome of said politics."

He knows a lot of rifters don't want to think about the likelihood that certain factions will push for them to be locked in Circles after the war ends, but the way everything played out with the phylactery cache certainly convinced Julius that the possibility is real enough.

He settles in the chair where Strange has made space for him. "Did you have any specific questions, to begin?"