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Magister Ademar: Blanket abolition of slavery would leave Tevinter's economy in shambles. Perhaps a compromise, or a gradual adjustment—
Magister Pavus: What? Enslavement on even days, and self-determination on the odd?
Magister Ademar: Or maybe holidays...?
Magister Pavus: Kaffas. That wasn't a suggestion, you cretin.
Archon Radonis: Language, Magister.
Magister Bataris: What Magister Ademar means to say is that our laws have ever followed shifts in public opinion and perhaps abolition is too drastic. Too sudden. Perhaps in time—
Magister Pavus: The public is in support of abolition, or do you only take into account the opinions of your damned cohorts?
Magister Bataris: The average citizen cannot be expected to comprehend the complexities of policy.
Magister Pavus: We are talking about people! People who are born, who live and die as property of others, or the empire!
Magister Bataris: The way it's always been.
(Magister Pavus leaves his seat, and approaches Magister Bataris. There is a small commotion.)
Archon Radonis: Magister Pavus.
(Magister Pavus regards Magister Bataris for several seconds, then leaves the chambers. Session continues.)