[a soft hum of thought, looking out over the scene]

I was... kept, as a child, myself only for quite different reasons. But that seems... very cruel. They're just children...

[they're children, and how old is the smallest - five? Six? Little older than Linneus himself was when he was sold away but they tell these children they are dangerous?

Perhaps it is because he has only ever heard fairytales of magic, but... how can they be?]

The Chantry are... your authorities? What of your parents; siblings...?