It is a relief. Mordred, I believe, has much stronger opinions on the matter of food, even though we share the same nature. You would probably enjoy and appreciate her opinions. She's frank enough with them.

[As much as an enjoyable aquaintance as Mordred was, there was also no denying that she was rough around the edges and at times, intentionally so. Regardless, it did make her singular, and that was always appreciable.]

If I was someone other than myself, I believe I would intentionally take that statement the wrong way. [Too bad he's not.]

So then how do they maintain it if they have such dissenters? It seems to me that those getting out and away from it would be able to work against them. Or are there nuances I am unaware of?

[Chiron chooses not to inquire any further about mages under the Qun, moving away from the topic as quickly as he can. Some curiosities are best left alone.]

Interesting. It's more literal for magi back home. Each lineage of magi families has what they call a family crest, which...best think of it as a magical organ, I suppose, one that is transplanted from one family heir to the next. It contains that family's entire knowledge, their body of work, and it allows the heirs to call upon that work with no effort at all. The next heir gets the crest and so on. If a mage decides to give up their path, they can quite literally have this crest removed and it will be passed on.