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[aestivation]

What sort of cycles?

[rathercommon]

Well - I mean - on the immediate level, just - who's in power. It's constantly - one person grabs at power when one falls out of favor, and then another jumps up to take that one's place. It's always the same Prime Minister, but his favorites just come and go. And then on a bigger level, a historical level - it's the magicians oppressing the commoners, or commoners rising up and smashing the magicians who then bide their time and wait to take over again, and on and on. Nothing ever changing. Just everyone always miserable and angry and afraid.

[aestivation]

[ everyone, of course, includes kitty. holds that at something like distance — or tries to — sweaty palms oustretched and uncertain of the heat within. not willing to ignore it; hesitant to burn. ]

You think it could be different here?

[ changes within changes, chaos that only begets itself. what a grim thought. ]

[rathercommon]

I think it can be different anywhere, if we only try. But -

[ She pushes her hair from her face. ]

Here, too. Yeah. No more of this where mages get to be in charge based on how much they can bully the others, like up in Tevinter. And no more of what they did to you, and the others like you. It can be done.

[aestivation]

Andraste thought so. I don't mean to preach, only to say — Maker, I'm going to insult the Prophet.

[ a grimmer thought. ]

I don't mean to, anyway. No more than I mean to you, or your commoners. Your, ah. Ministers. [ that's what she called magisters right ] Good intentions. But they were all changes outside a system, weren't they? And they didn't last.

[rathercommon]

You can preach. Or whatever. I know some Rifters get all - weird about Andraste and all that, but I'm not one of them. I like hearing what people really believe.

[ She tucks her hair behind her ear. ]

Anyway, I've been talking, but - What do you believe? Do you think that real change can happen, Casimir?