"Only sometimes," she said, "It depends. Mages are as different as people are. Some are good. Some aren't. Magic's a tool. It's all in how you use it. Most of the fear comes from the way the Tevinter mages treat people, I think. It all goes back centuries and..." She shook her head now. "The war that I mentioned before, the one that's on now. It's- They're calling it the mage rebellion and a lot of people who don't know much of anything are blaming a friend of mine for it. The thing is, people can only be essentially slaves and prisoners for so long before that blows up. I won't say what he did was right at all, but...but I know what his reasoning for it was and I understand that and I also know that it was going to happen whether or not he..." She shook her head. Anders needed help, more help than she thought even Hawke could give him.

"There are some mages who are working with the Templars, who think so little of themselves that they feel like they need to be kept in a circle, and some who are exploiting the chaos but most just want to live in peace without the threat of being made tranquil constantly looming over them, to be able to see their families or to have families of their own. I can't begrudge anyone that."