That's why you have to take care, [ Marcus says, taking back the wineskin, ] and ensure that when those talk of peace, they don't mean the other thing.

[ Maybe it's nice, to have another join the ranks not only of mages, or mages who value autonomy and freedom, but mages who will declare that they do. ]

I'm given to understand Nevarra affords its mages more freedoms than most others.

[ He drinks. ]