If we have no control over the narrative, we can be as unanimously agreed as we want, but we're still going to be sent home without anything we're trying to demand.

I understand the concern about healers being singled out unjustly. You have my sympathy for that. And I understand as well your point that it's inadvisable to elevate some of us above the rest in usefulness if the goal is to have all of us freed.

But we already have what you're seeking. For better or worse, the people who own our blood aren't going to distinguish between healer and non-healer if this strike ends up with a death toll. They'll blame it on mages as a single entity and end the analysis there. We can't afford to disregard the way they think and negotiate from the hypothetical position of how things should be.