[It was all he could do, in the end. It wasn't enough.]
[He lifts his head enough to look at Akechi from under his hat. He wonders how it is for people with magic in his world, especially if there is no Fade there.]
Many fear mages. Sometimes because they have magic, like his father did. You’ve evil in you, boy, passed down by your mother. You’ll pay the price just as she did.
But everyone is scared of demons, and what happens when a demon possesses a mage. That's what the Templars were supposed to be there for, to protect people from that.
[The situation with Templars and mages now is even more of a mess, but that's how the Templars were meant to be at the time, whether or not they fulfilled that role.]
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[It was all he could do, in the end. It wasn't enough.]
[He lifts his head enough to look at Akechi from under his hat. He wonders how it is for people with magic in his world, especially if there is no Fade there.]
Many fear mages. Sometimes because they have magic, like his father did. You’ve evil in you, boy, passed down by your mother. You’ll pay the price just as she did.
But everyone is scared of demons, and what happens when a demon possesses a mage. That's what the Templars were supposed to be there for, to protect people from that.
[The situation with Templars and mages now is even more of a mess, but that's how the Templars were meant to be at the time, whether or not they fulfilled that role.]