[The open sympathy is always surprising to him. Cadel had grown up in that environment, so the reaction out in the wider world hasn't lost its edge to him yet.] Thanks. It's not so bad anymore-- I have new adoptive parents and they're wonderful. [He's mostly offering that because he really doesn't want her to feel too badly.
Her description, though, rings a bell for him. It's like the Axis Institute, although Axis hadn't been that well established by far. It is similar to the trap he'd almost fallen into, except Cadel had woken himself up from it and dragged himself out.]
I don't know anything about magic or spirits, but having it institutionalized is horrible. It must be entrenched. I know what you mean about them being taught badly, though. I've watched kids who... who degenerated into that mentality. When everyone around you is paranoid and hostile, you end up that way, too, because you have to protect yourself. It's not right. But sometimes it's like there's no way to convince them of anything else.
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Her description, though, rings a bell for him. It's like the Axis Institute, although Axis hadn't been that well established by far. It is similar to the trap he'd almost fallen into, except Cadel had woken himself up from it and dragged himself out.]
I don't know anything about magic or spirits, but having it institutionalized is horrible. It must be entrenched. I know what you mean about them being taught badly, though. I've watched kids who... who degenerated into that mentality. When everyone around you is paranoid and hostile, you end up that way, too, because you have to protect yourself. It's not right. But sometimes it's like there's no way to convince them of anything else.