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In your case, but I think that was not his rationale, ( thoughtfully. )

In any event. I may find myself seeking new occupations before long, but I would not change my own actions.

[justice_is_blond]

Julius, as dear as he is, happens to be a Loyalist. He has faith in the system that I cannot have after all I've seen and experienced.

But yes, in any event. I hope you do not lose your position, and not simply because this has proven that we need allies in high places. The position seems suited to you, and you to it.

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( her surprise is more muted this time, still contemplative; ) I suppose that—well, if it is a system that he could expect to give him that much information and autonomy on the matter of the phylacteries, I suppose it's easier to understand why one might become a loyalist. I hadn't thought. I suppose the change must be particular to the war.

( the phylacteries being obvious leverage when hostilities do, eventually, resume. as it seems they are almost certain to do. )

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He...

[Anders pauses, resumes with a quieter voice.]

There were some who were not targeted by the Templars, who were not directly hurt by them. Who didn't suffer the way others did. They find it easier to have faith in the Chantry and the Circles. Some even had difficult lives before the Circles and so they'd incentive to not see below the surface.

He's a good man, Julius. He cares and I trust him. But he has never had the darker depths of the Circle suffocate him, so it is harder for him to understand the doubts of those of us who did.

...He has also never had his phylactery used against him until the recent matter, unlike some of us.

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( she considers that—considers, also, what julius had said to her, his positions as she knows them, and while their politics do not and indeed may never entirely align... )

I think him less naive than you fear. And that is what may make all the difference, in matters of persuasion.

( there is potential there.

possibly, potential for her to give julius a fucking headache, but nevermind that. )