Emet-Selch listens as she weaves a tale of persecution. The story has a certain edge of familiarity that he does not enjoy, and his frown becomes slightly more pronounced as a result.

Unfortunately, it's a story that is not surprising.

"Do you sympathize with that view of mages?" Given he is a mage - one such person who those tales take issue with - it seems a reasonable question to ask. "That they should have been hunted?"