This raises an eyebrow: “Students would choose it willingly, before it’s even necessary? As an alternative to trying Harrowing at all?”
Much like how Julius had looked at Kamar-Taj as another version of life for mages, Strange finds himself morbidly fascinated by the Circles for the same reason: in another world, another life, this might have been him. In all the sprawling multiverse, a boy named Stephen might have been born in Denerim and eventually sent to a Circle of Magi.
That touch of guilt in Julius’ voice is even more familiar, though, and so Strange mulls over what to say. He’s not the best at finding the right words, but he tries:
“There’s a lot of moving pieces in a war, and too many for one person to keep track of. I imagine that just getting through and surviving it was difficult enough. We can always kick ourselves for not doing enough, perpetually second-guessing if we did the right thing — but I think, ultimately, we have to know that you did the best you could, in the situation you were in at the time. That’s what I try to tell myself, at least.”
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Much like how Julius had looked at Kamar-Taj as another version of life for mages, Strange finds himself morbidly fascinated by the Circles for the same reason: in another world, another life, this might have been him. In all the sprawling multiverse, a boy named Stephen might have been born in Denerim and eventually sent to a Circle of Magi.
That touch of guilt in Julius’ voice is even more familiar, though, and so Strange mulls over what to say. He’s not the best at finding the right words, but he tries:
“There’s a lot of moving pieces in a war, and too many for one person to keep track of. I imagine that just getting through and surviving it was difficult enough. We can always kick ourselves for not doing enough, perpetually second-guessing if we did the right thing — but I think, ultimately, we have to know that you did the best you could, in the situation you were in at the time. That’s what I try to tell myself, at least.”