[that doesn't clarify enough what he saw--sophie is several times over an abomination in certain eyes--but it's enough to let her know that whatever it was, it wasn't the worst of it. not by far.]
It is hardly your fault, and I could say the same of myself.
[she takes a deep breath, and her fingers twist further, knuckles whitening beneath the pressure of her own hands. sophie would like to believe who she is to be more significant than what she is, but she knows it isn't really true.]
Where I am from, magic is not, by nature, at odds with God. It is simply a force that exists, and can be shaped by Man's will. My father is a powerful sorcerer, but he serves a Christian king, and we are all appropriately God-fearing children. My nature is strange, but not evil.
[sophie can't be evil. to be corrupted, one requires a soul to corrupt.]
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It is hardly your fault, and I could say the same of myself.
[she takes a deep breath, and her fingers twist further, knuckles whitening beneath the pressure of her own hands. sophie would like to believe who she is to be more significant than what she is, but she knows it isn't really true.]
Where I am from, magic is not, by nature, at odds with God. It is simply a force that exists, and can be shaped by Man's will. My father is a powerful sorcerer, but he serves a Christian king, and we are all appropriately God-fearing children. My nature is strange, but not evil.
[sophie can't be evil. to be corrupted, one requires a soul to corrupt.]