[He scoffs lightly, not enough to startle Ribbon as she coils along his upper arm.]
I have little interest in the Fade, mademoiselle. But at a guess? I would say very little study has been done. Without language to report the perception, the research would prove daunting. And what would be its end goal? Besides which to say that the popular opinion would be that an animal does not possess the same awareness and soul that a human would. Why waste the time?
Of course-- [and as Ribbon reaches his shoulder, Val squares up, holding steady to continue to keep from startling,] this is not my opinion. In contrast, I will say that I personally much prefer the company of snakes and nugs and dogs and dracolisks and any manner of creature to nearly any person. Nevarran, Orlesian, mage, elf, Rifter. So to the choice of mages, I cannot say I have much of a preference. They are all rather the same to me. Except perhaps physically and in personality.
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I have little interest in the Fade, mademoiselle. But at a guess? I would say very little study has been done. Without language to report the perception, the research would prove daunting. And what would be its end goal? Besides which to say that the popular opinion would be that an animal does not possess the same awareness and soul that a human would. Why waste the time?
Of course-- [and as Ribbon reaches his shoulder, Val squares up, holding steady to continue to keep from startling,] this is not my opinion. In contrast, I will say that I personally much prefer the company of snakes and nugs and dogs and dracolisks and any manner of creature to nearly any person. Nevarran, Orlesian, mage, elf, Rifter. So to the choice of mages, I cannot say I have much of a preference. They are all rather the same to me. Except perhaps physically and in personality.