Strict, and somewhat selfish. But I suppose it was one way to ensure survival of the most fit members of your society.

[Yours, in the more generic sense than Raine's specifically. She might be Mage by birth, but she is still removed from it to a degree]

Change may well be happening far quicker than they would like, at that. Union certainly sees to that.. [take this war, for example, even if it was instigated by the gods] And those of us who live in Union have the chance to set out out own ideals for how mages should be, don't you think?

When we go home, perhaps we should gather other Union mages to discuss it.