"Tevinter is shit because it's Tevinter, not because it's run by mages. Don't get me wrong, I hate that place because they've given us all a bad name everywhere. It's just that hearing 'but Tevinter' gets old when there are examples of mages getting together and not being dumbasses about blood magic and demons. Look at the Avvar and the Dalish...or just us, as we are now.

Korrin shakes her head, not about to stifle Mal's viewpoint because she grew up in a Circle and the Vashoth didn't. It's a perspective she always needs to keep in mind. Still, there's something to be said for an outsider's perspective, too.

"Templars aren't just people when they've been given 'divine right' over us, though. In a more ideal world, sure. But I've yet to meet a templar that didn't slip up with some shitty opinions about mages at some point. They're all trained to think a certain way, and it shows." So, nah. She keeps them at arm's length, even the ones that seem halfway decent. Until they give up their status as mage-enforcers or hunters, like Cullen, she can't really count them as anything but potential problems.

"Another Mage Council? There's nothing stopping you, I suppose. I just know I'm not the one to lead something like that. The only reason why I joined in the first place was to make sure that us born apostates wouldn't be walked all over."