Exactly. Exactly, Iorveth, which is why it's a good idea to court support from those they don't view as assets. People like this man, for example.
[ They can't just isolate themselves as rifters. That won't help their cause. It will only make it easier for the Inquisition to stylize them as a single group that can easily fit into one box.
And speaking of that. ]
Even rifters aren't a united front. We're not all elves, or all mages, or anything else. Some of us have little in common at all, and we were hardly bound together before all of this. We're a minority lacking a community. When it comes to holding political sway, we don't even speak with one voice. We're going to need more than just ourselves if we want to change anything.
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[ They can't just isolate themselves as rifters. That won't help their cause. It will only make it easier for the Inquisition to stylize them as a single group that can easily fit into one box.
And speaking of that. ]
Even rifters aren't a united front. We're not all elves, or all mages, or anything else. Some of us have little in common at all, and we were hardly bound together before all of this. We're a minority lacking a community. When it comes to holding political sway, we don't even speak with one voice. We're going to need more than just ourselves if we want to change anything.