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[brainiest]

"Hello, Hermione Granger here. I must be busy, so please leave a message. Thank you very much!"

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[whatisright]

[There is so much to unpack there.] How do non-mage mortals not notice magic? And why would a mage's parents matter? [While he thinks it's wrong, he can at least understand the premise of the prejudice against mages in Thedas. Mages, after all, are particularly vulnerable to possession and the average mortal has no hope of defending themselves against one. He has no idea where prejudice based on parentage would come from.

The Drabwurld sounds more familiar to him, though. Still weird, though, like something from the Fade.] It certainly sounds closer to Thedas. Why would they kidnap people to fight their war? [That seems like a bad war strategy. Also, most importantly, completely morally wrong.]

[brainiest]

They've been brought up not to believe in it, so they don't really expect it to be there. Any magic they see can be shrugged off as a trick or something pretend. But for some people... [ Hermione shakes her head. ] They think their blood is "purer" because they're from all-magical families. It's not rational, not really, and it's not anywhere near true, but...

[ It doesn't really make sense, but she was raised by muggles. She knows that her heritage is just and her power is hers and no one else's, but they're blinded.

At least she can focus on something a little less heavy. ] We all had Shards inside ourselves, a little piece of a huge gem that once belonged in that world. When it was split it created all our other worlds, so we were brought there to help in the war.

[whatisright]

[Justice is pretty sure blood doesn't work that way, and Hermione seems to confirm his suspicions. He still doesn't quite understand why this prejudice is a thing, but the mage herself has admitted that it is not rational, so perhaps he's not meant to understand it.

The mortal is kind to indulge his questions so much. He recognizes that not all mortals are ready to do it.]

So Thedas and your world came from this Drabwurld? [That doesn't sound right to him, for some reason, but perhaps the Templar this mage encountered is from another Thedas than Justice is. After all, there are multiple versions of it.]

[brainiest]

That's what the monarchs told us. They said that the Gem was once whole, but when it broke all the shards went out and created our worlds. That's what made it possible for us to be brought there.

[ Hermione doesn't mind answering questions, because at least they're being asked out of interest rather than malice. Justice is curious, and she has a healthy respect for that; she can still remember just how she had been when she was at school, desperate to know everything she could. ]

And from there I was brought here from the Atroma.

[whatisright]

[Justice isn't sure he believes that the monarchs were truthful, but there's no way to gauge that from the mage. She is saying what she was told, and she is saying it honestly.

He considers for a moment. Going to one unfamiliar world, and then being whisked off to another... he has an inkling of how that feels.

He doesn't need to ask her if she misses her home. He has a feeling he knows the answer.

So he doesn't ask that. He asks something else that's been nagging him.]

Did you receive your tattoos here, or elsewhere?

They remind me of Dalish tattoos in Thedas.

[brainiest]

[ She thinks it's what they believed, at least, and it's something. Hermione had fought for her friends and, eventually, for Solais herself, though her faith in the monarchs had been broken and shattered over time. Eventually she only rose up to defend the people she cared about and the innocents, to try and undo all the bad she had done in her time.

It's hard, being far from all the places she knew as home, but she's been here almost two years now. It gets easier.

At least the question gives her something to focus on. ]

Oh - my tattoos! I was given them by a friend, Nasrin Lavellan, in the Drabwurld. She was Dalish.

[whatisright]

I am surprised a Dalish gave you tattoos. They usually guard their culture very closely. [Even Justice, who is friends companions with a Dalish elf and who happens to be completely removed from the painful history between humans and elves, is only allowed to witness piecemeal parts of Dalish culture, let alone participate in it. And he's one of the few who actually gets along with Velanna (mostly).] What do they represent?

[He knows that much. The tattoos are there to honor gods, he believes.]

[brainiest]

I don't think they're particularly symbolic. They're designed in the Dalish way, but they're not one particular tattoo. [ Hermione was aware of how important the tattoos had been to Nasrin; she wasn't quite as foolish as some people thought, and she had learned a lot about her friend's home and culture. Understanding the importance of these tattoos had been paramount. ]

They're to show that I'm a friend, and anyone with tattoos similar is also a friend.