Many of us know Dispel. Including me. We do not always need Templars, Norrington. I can find mages who have combat instincts just in case, who know Dispel, who will be company for him in the library.
[This is important. Templars acting as the jailers for two mages is already a precedent that's going to be difficult to move past in the future. His voice is calm and even, words chosen carefully.]
He is terrified of Templars, and for good reason. Let him see that being surrounded by them and constantly watched by them is not permanent. That he has other mages here who will see him as one of their own if he wants to join us.
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Date: 2017-11-10 03:25 am (UTC)[This is important. Templars acting as the jailers for two mages is already a precedent that's going to be difficult to move past in the future. His voice is calm and even, words chosen carefully.]
He is terrified of Templars, and for good reason. Let him see that being surrounded by them and constantly watched by them is not permanent. That he has other mages here who will see him as one of their own if he wants to join us.