It's what people assume about magic that has them gathering up torches and pitchforks. [ It's not said lightly, or sharply - there's no offense, no heaviness in her tone either; this isn't meant to be a jab or a shock. It's matter-of-fact, a little sober, stated the way someone might say, "Yes, when I broke my leg it was painful," but who clearly does not want to dwell on the cause of the break.
Ideas are dangerous, and she won't put out on the open network that Grisha were hunted, considered unnatural. But she can't let some things go, and she can continue to come against the sort of assumptions and blind, seething hatred that's made it so her people have never found a place to be safe, only a place to be useful.
She continues, more lightly: ] So I suppose it's just a matter of matching definitions. But then, how we define ourselves is something important to clarify, don't you agree?
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Ideas are dangerous, and she won't put out on the open network that Grisha were hunted, considered unnatural. But she can't let some things go, and she can continue to come against the sort of assumptions and blind, seething hatred that's made it so her people have never found a place to be safe, only a place to be useful.
She continues, more lightly: ] So I suppose it's just a matter of matching definitions. But then, how we define ourselves is something important to clarify, don't you agree?