"Surely you can understand that magic is a great force, and when bestowed on someone without the guiding hand of a god, it is a force of unparallelled destruction. Maybe your culture was knowledgeable enough to avoid catastrophe, but did you not mention the shadow weavers? Are they not an example what can be done with untamed magic. I do not know, but I know that my homeland was torn apart by the Silver Rebellion, when a force of mages saw fit to tear down the stones of the Lowlands. We were more advanced than the nadu. I know unbound magic, free from the guidance of the gods, is too great a power to trust with people who cannot even forge weapons of iron," Sir Immat smiles, firmly but reassuring.