Comparatively, ( with the wryness of someone aware of just how awful the thing is that she's about to say in its implications about both places— ) Thedas has been a wonderful experience for me. The access to magical academia, to its history here—

Certainly, we are privileged by being considered rifters first, and I do not take for granted that the freedoms presently enjoyed may yet prove transient, ( because "ceasefire" is different to "peaceful resolution", and much hinges on the next divine, ) but the opportunities aren't to be ignored.

( which is an interesting way for someone in a high level diplomatic position to be talking. petrana has strong feelings about mage freedom. )