Harol listened to Freya's argument, and could find himself agreeing to some degree. However, he did not feel like she was completely right, as he had always deemed his life as it should be: He liked being what he was, be it that it led to some kinds of trouble... And he knew the background of his family, so he could correct some of the misunderstanding here: "Well... you could put it like that. Thing is, the family has been like that for... I don't actually remember... well, for a good while, and it is not impossible to turn your back to the life of a mage. If one decides not to pursue the path of magic, they will find something else to do. The house will not turn their backs on them, but the amount of support will be different... not that vastly but it becomes more difficult to look after a family member when they live away from the others. So it is not completely forced, even if it locks one out of the life of a lesser mage. Not that I'd ever seen anyone want to be one. We are unique as the only house studying magics like that."

Harol had told his view of the situation. Wait, that was not correct! All he had done was defend the choices of his family, and somewhat swiped past his own interests. "I had a cousin who worked for the king's army as a knight. I do not know if he is still alive or if he was executed like many others who bore the name. We did send him a letter telling we were going to speak up, and he said he would stand his ground with the king, although he still agreed what we were doing was the right thing to be done. Indeed, he lived, or lives, a life different from the rest of us, even with the same ritual upon him. So it is not just black and white like that. Most of us stay though", Harol went through another monologue. He was unsure if he was simply drowning Freya in a stream of [b]his[/b] opinions, so he decided to keep his mouth shut for a moment, seeing if she had anything to add.

However his mouth being shut did not exactly stop his thoughts from wandering free. He placed the fingertips of his right hand onto the family tattoo and couldn't help but wonder if his family really was only repeating the old mistake of Ishul'Shog, if they were only hogging the power... but it was unlikely. After all, the Arkdal family strived to research the magic, not to actually utilize it as he had had to in the late days. And that was why they were in danger: Because they intended no harm. Ishul'Shog had taught them well on this.