Just that. That it was normal to you then, so it was also so now.

[There's a decent pause.]

The only thing of comparison I have in my world are the Circles, which mages are often forced into when their powers are revealed. Forced, often - again - regardless of their thoughts on the matter, or their family's, which they may never see again. There their lives are typically very regulated, and they are tracked at all times by their blood.

So I have... questions, about the process here.