( Istredd is quiet for a moment, nodding to himself although Matt might not see it, contemplative before he speaks again.)
When mages graduate from school, still quite young, we are given the option to put permanent enchantments on. You can also change how you look entirely. We're told to imagine the person we want to be and then become it.
( He smiles very dryly, with no humor in it.)
The women don't really get the option, they're mostly required. But I was given the choice too.
( Sexism always exists everywhere. The women have to look ideal, but the men can look distinguished, mature, they don't have to worry. But that isn't the point of this story.)
I didn't want to become someone else, someone better or perfect in their eyes. I was the one who had to live with me for centuries, so I chose the reality.
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When mages graduate from school, still quite young, we are given the option to put permanent enchantments on. You can also change how you look entirely. We're told to imagine the person we want to be and then become it.
( He smiles very dryly, with no humor in it.)
The women don't really get the option, they're mostly required. But I was given the choice too.
( Sexism always exists everywhere. The women have to look ideal, but the men can look distinguished, mature, they don't have to worry. But that isn't the point of this story.)
I didn't want to become someone else, someone better or perfect in their eyes. I was the one who had to live with me for centuries, so I chose the reality.