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Who: Felix Harrowgate
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: SS Starstruck, if you want
When: Today-ish

[While he's spent the last few months ignoring the fleet at large for his own interests, he's finally feeling in the mood to make an address - admittedly, again, for his own interests. Though, not entirely.

Sitting in his room on the Starstruck, Felix turns on the camera and greets it with a tiny wave of his free hand.]

I have two topics I'd like to bring up and I will try to be brief.

The first? Magic. [He lets the word hang, waiting for an invisible audience to take notice.] Many of us are not a stranger to such a thing, I know that for certain. Space seems an incongruous place for it, but at least some of the worlds we have been to have not been bereft of it entirely. The last planet seemed particularly strong in it's influence, but it seems to be that this system is the first where magic has such a strong academic presence. I'm not sure what that means, but the trend interests me.

My point is, I know there are more of you out there to whom this topic would interest. If you would like to talk...my door is open. What's more, if you have for some reason not found your way into the graces of the Spirit faction, I might be able to help you, or anyone else, procure any supplies unique to their establishments. I'd be willing to do so in exchange for a small fee or items better acquired in the other sections. Clothing, jewelry...[A pause, before he adds as a somewhat reluctant afterthought]...ship supplies.

Secondly, the library aboard the Iskaulit has not had any substantial donations for quite some time. Unfortunately I cannot curate the entire collection on my own, as much as I would like to [especially not if he keeps buying clothes and wine, but shhh]. There is plenty to occupy us here, but we all know the time drifting needs to spent elsewhere, and the library catalog is still rather limited.

If you would like to donate any books to the cause, you can find me here on the Starstruck, or you may leave them in the library. Please don't try to shelve them yourselves, I will take care of them as soon as I am able.

Thank you for your time. [A bright parting smile seems a good way to go]

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I didn't get the chance to learn in any sort of formal environment, since schools for magic where I'm from are hardly more than glorified prisons, but I do agree with that philosophy.

[He shifts, getting a bit more comfortable, or rather even showing Felix that he is more comfortable overall. Even eager. This solution to the problem sounds very promising.]

Dreamwalking is something really only mages can do in Thedas, and only specially talented ones at that, but if Anders could learn to do that even without the Fade being directly accessible he might be able to help Vengeance so they don't influence each other so much, or maybe even figure out a way to transfer him to another host. Something with a mind that's too simple to influence, or no mind at all, like a toaster. Or one of those slugs or something.

[Can a spirit inhabit a toaster? He's so lost in that weird train of thought that he doesn't even realize he's dropped Anders' name.]

[He's not sure how he feels about those options, and there's a trace of uncertainty on his face at the mention. But Hawke's receptiveness to searching for solutions pleases him enough to let it slide into humor]

I'm all for theorizing, but better to deal with the final step once we can be sure the first one is successful. From what little I understand, we I doubt we could access the Fade itself, as it exists in another plane entirely. It shouldn't be required to interact with this spirit of yours, however. The kind of dreamwalking I am talking about is far more general.

[He had, indeed, caught the slip of Hawke's tongue, but he keeps his own. For now, it's not relevant, given his vow of silence on the matter.]

I've only managed to learn a little about magic in your world. Fenris, as you can imagine, isn't very forthcoming on the subject.

It's complicated, but no, I don't think so. When we've been dreaming here, we sort of stay in our own heads. It's surreal, honestly. Usually in dreaming the spirit takes over his consciousness even in the unconscious, but I don't know if that still happens while not being connected to the Fade.

[At the mention of Fenris though, he huffs a little. Hawke looks sympathetic, but this is one arena where he and the elf will never see eye to eye.]

Fenris has his own personal hangups about magic, and while valid, they color his perception of it and literally everyone who uses it, instead of evaluating individuals.

I realize. I was...hm...friends [the word comes out a little like a question, but he doesn't dwell on the ambiguity] with him once. But only because I did not tell him I was a wizard at first. But that, too, is complicated. It was a different world than this, and he doesn't remember any of it.

I didn't mean to dwell on his prejudice. I meant that...it would be nice to hear about the subject from another viewpoint. [Granted, Fenris was always of interest to him for other reasons, but when it came to a native source for education, he can't hide the quietly hopeful tone to the line]

In any case...do let your friend know what I suggested. If he has any further inquires, I'd be happy to field them.

No, I understand. Even so, it's difficult to talk about him without that when that's a prime motivation for him.

[Adalwolfe shrugs, as if that doesn't bother him, as if he doesn't wrestle with what that lead them to in his version of Thedas.]

I'll certainly let him know, thank you. And... thank you, again, for being so candid.

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