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[judgemewhole]

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Crystal

[lifeofendurance]

[That sigh? Exactly how Aleron feels about all these overwrought gossipmongers he's been dealing with today.]

Restricted to his quarters.

He restrained an ex-Circle mage who had slapped me. With that there is no fault, gossipers be damned. It is the excess of force he used when instructed to release her and his lack of cognizance of his behavior after the fact which is the concern.

Re: Crystal

[judgemewhole]

[Well it's not a jail cell - and he had wondered what happened to the man. He was gone all afternoon and that wasn't like Cade at all.]

Could you please ... elaborate on the level of damage the mage suffered? Was it worse or better than what happened with Madame Beleth?

[How much blood, is what he is asking. And. Wait.]

-- a mage slapped you?

[Wait again.]

What do you mean, lack of cognizance? [Slightly more pointed.] Did he seem to forget where he was and what he was doing?

Crystal

[lifeofendurance]

The slap is a long story. Suffice it to say it was fully deserved.

[They can circle back to that after settling the Cade issue.]

No visible harm brought to her person which I am aware of. And I've no word that she went to the healers after. However, he did throw her while obviously in a simmering rage. When I questioned him about it, he did not remember throwing her or why he'd done so.

Re: Crystal

[judgemewhole]

I see.

[All right, he has often wanted to slap a Seeker, so. Moving on.]

This is not the first time that this has happened. [Quietly.] His rages usually happen in a blackout and he doesn't remember anything that he's done.

Crystal

[lifeofendurance]

It is not the first time, but it needs to be the last. No one is well served in allowing him the opportunity to reoffend.

Seeker Reed and I are of shared opinion that a more permanent solution is called for, but a heavy hand will invite more trouble than it prevents.

[A pause. Because Aleron does absolutely nothing in a hurry. Everything must be weighed and measured and considered at length before he takes action.]

After extensive review, I do not consider him having gone rogue. However, I feel madness is an apt description of what ails him.

Crystal

[judgemewhole]

No, no they are not. Cade needs help - I am just not sure what help can be offered. However, now that you have seen this as I have ... you can see why I have been reluctant to remove him from the Templar Order. This is the only organization that gives him focus. He is a danger to himself and to others if left unfettered.

[A delicate pause, as he quietly added.]

Please remember, this is what happened with Samson. We cannot fail Cade as we failed him.

[A long sigh.] ... we should speak with Madame Beleth. She knows him better than either one of us, truly.

Crystal

[lifeofendurance]

Unfortunately his ties to the Templar Order are not serving to prevent these outbursts.

[There's some stupid politics involved with mages and templars that Aleron isn't going to touch with a ten foot pole because he doesn't actually care how people see it. Truth is what concerns him at present.]

I am reminded of Meredith and the terror inflicted as a result of her own madness. Cade cannot be permitted to continue following in her footsteps.

It is our recommendation that he be stricken from the Templar Order and remanded into the care of the Inquisition as its ward.

Re: Crystal

[judgemewhole]

[There is a moment of silence. A ringing, almost foreboding silence.]

You cannot do that. You must not do that. If you do that you will allow someone who is mentally unbalanced to be unfettered completely. We failed him, Seeker. We. Not Meredith - but people like you and myself failed that man. You cannot just cut him away because he is another sin you wish to hide under the rug! He is our responsibility!