Giving up freedom should not be an easy thing either. [Not that Samouel can know that she has spent ten years looking over her shoulder and then over Kieran's, that she is keenly aware of something worse than fellow mages or the long lines of Templars. If only what hunted her were so easy to evade then she wouldn't have to worry but no, he doesn't know and doesn't need to know.] If you leave a piece of yourself behind when gaining your freedom it will be worth it. I had no Circle and yet I have never fallen prey to any demon or abomination, and I know much that you will never find in the books the Circles approve. Magic is within you. That is where you find it. In the first days were there teachers? What I teach you is not in a book, if anyone tried to teach you it from a book I would laugh in their face, and only suggest you read on animals should you wish to if they are harder to find or if you truly wish to know all there is to know of them.
[Better to steer from that topic though before he says something that might have her telling him to get out of her sight and she nods, smiling.]
Tis...difficult to describe in truth. I use it in combat only and how well does one remember a battle? You attack your foe and move as one thing, like casting a spell that requires all of you but I have done this since I was a girl, and that often makes things easier when you are still learning your body yourself.
There is one caveat. The abomination, Anders, we met prior to his identity being revealed where he expressed an interest in learning how to change his form, no doubt to make it easier to go to ground but I would not have it come back to me. Rest assured, should he ever learn, I will make it my business to know of it, and I would not have it come from one of those I have taught myself. Are we clear?
[What Sam doesn't need to know is that Leliana knows for certain that Morrigan informed her of this, and that Morrigan even made sure to send a private note to Vivienne to keep her in the loop regarding this development too.]
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[Better to steer from that topic though before he says something that might have her telling him to get out of her sight and she nods, smiling.]
Tis...difficult to describe in truth. I use it in combat only and how well does one remember a battle? You attack your foe and move as one thing, like casting a spell that requires all of you but I have done this since I was a girl, and that often makes things easier when you are still learning your body yourself.
There is one caveat. The abomination, Anders, we met prior to his identity being revealed where he expressed an interest in learning how to change his form, no doubt to make it easier to go to ground but I would not have it come back to me. Rest assured, should he ever learn, I will make it my business to know of it, and I would not have it come from one of those I have taught myself. Are we clear?
[What Sam doesn't need to know is that Leliana knows for certain that Morrigan informed her of this, and that Morrigan even made sure to send a private note to Vivienne to keep her in the loop regarding this development too.]