[Anders shrugs, like, maybe he will! He absolutely will; the itch to do magic purely to do it is already becoming too strong to bear, and if Anders must honestly commit to one of these groups to feel wholly himself again, well. He'll do it. And then he will do various unsafe things with fireballs, to remember that he can.

But the information is good to know, too. He's not very keen on the whole... Tribune and his sect thing? If he never has to talk to that man, all the better for it, but the confirmation that many doors are shut to the unaffiliated is another thorn in his side.]

I'm used to getting the most conveniently awful treatment, [he says, normally,] But you do make a fair point.

[If he's to make use of himself around here, the first step is magic, and so committing is already a done deal. It's simply when, he supposes...]

You're the first person I've talked to who actually liked it back home. I don't know what to do with that.

[hey some of those zany zenith people are nuts huh]