Norrington was quiet at that, before he stated quietly, "To destroy the whole world, to give away everything that you are, for your child. It cannot be an easy decision. But if your child is already going to die - and there is no cure outside of becoming a Grey Warden ... why would you not simply take that path instead? I cannot know the mind of a madman, simply that he risked the entire world, and that I canot forgive."

Now that was intriguing - something the mages had talked about and yet had yet to fully organize to. He gave her a thoughtful frown of his own, "So you have an entire government set up, around magic? And you have laws to keep people in line?"