[Anders scoffs, shrugging, but still a little pettily satisfied with that take; yeah, he hopes people who are anti-magic are having a hard time, it would serve them right. The smallest, pettiest comeuppance, and it doesn't ultimately make him feel better about his own lot, but - for a fleeting few seconds, it's kind of funny.

He's never been bitter in his life, luckily. Never ever.]

It doesn't, does it? I hope they find something more productive to occupy themselves with than prejudice.

[He'll start penning a new manifesto at once, but not really, because he's tired. Maybe eventually, though.]

Your world is different?