"People can be cruel, especially when the fabric of society has been frayed by famine, by plague, or by war." And, of course, people seeking a home in a new place are often fleeing a famine, a plague, or a war in this time period.
She runs her fingers through his hair, wraps an arm around him to comfort him in the face of those deeply buried memories.
"Absolutely. What use, denying some what they need to survive when you have enough to help them? They will do what they must to survive, or perish, and either way what they could contribute to society will be lost. The world is cruel enough without our adding to it."
"I looked for compassion in those who would become my students, and that continues with those who are my Wise. It is safer to entrust the power of magic to the compassionate, though not foolproof."
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Date: 2025-01-01 03:44 am (UTC)She runs her fingers through his hair, wraps an arm around him to comfort him in the face of those deeply buried memories.
"Absolutely. What use, denying some what they need to survive when you have enough to help them? They will do what they must to survive, or perish, and either way what they could contribute to society will be lost. The world is cruel enough without our adding to it."
"I looked for compassion in those who would become my students, and that continues with those who are my Wise. It is safer to entrust the power of magic to the compassionate, though not foolproof."