Trudi Canavan ausztrál
1969. október 29. (Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) –
| Katalógusnév | Canavan, Trudi |
|---|---|
| Nem | nő |
| Honlap | trudicanavan.com |
Képek 4
Könyvei 35
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„I've seen people with burns they got from magicians. Then there're those who get crushed when you frighten the crowd into running. But mostly they die from cold afterward, in the slums.” She narrowed her eyes at him. „'But you wouldn't see that as being the Guild's fault, would you?”
Chapter 16
„Sonea, I don't like the Purge any more than you do—and I'm not the only magician who feels that way.”
„Why do you do it?”
„Because when the King asks us to do something we are bound by our oath to obey.”
Sonea snorted again. „So you can blame the King for anything you do.”
„We are all subjects of the King,” he reminded her. „The Guild must be seen to obey him because the people need to be reassured that we will not seek to rule Kyralia ourselves.”
Chapter 16
„If a large amount of money was given to any of the people you know in the slums,” he said slowly, „do you think they'd give it all up to help others?”
„Yes,” she replied.
He lifted an eyebrow. „So none of them would be tempted to keep it to themselves?”
Sonea paused. She knew some people who would. Well, more than some.
„A few, I suppose,” she admitted.
„Ah,” he said. „But you would not have me believe all dwells were selfish people, would you? Neither should you believe that all magicians are self-centered. You would also, no doubt, assure me that, for all their law breaking or rough behavior, the people you know are mostly decent folk. It does not make sense, then, for you to judge all magicians by the mistakes of a few, or for their high birth. Most, I assure you, strive to be decent people.”
Frowning, Sonea looked away. What he said made sense, but it did not comfort her at all. „Perhaps,” she replied, „but I still don't see any magicians helping people in the slums.”
Rothen nodded. „Because we know that the slum people would refuse our help.”
Sonea hesitated. He was right, but if the dwells refused the Guild's help, it was because the Guild had given the dwells reason to hate them.
„They wouldn't refuse money,” she pointed out.
„Assuming you are not one of those who would hoard it, what would you do if I gave you a hundred gold slips to do with as you pleased?”
„I'd feed people,” she told him.
„A hundred gold would feed some for many weeks, or many for a few days. Afterward, those people would still be as poverty-stricken as before. You will have made little difference.”
Sonea opened her mouth, then closed it again. There was nothing she could say to that. He was right, and yet he wasn't. There had to be something wrong with not even trying to help.
Chapter 16
