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Why? Why do so many fall to their arrogance? Do mages truly believe that just because they possess a power others don’t that this somehow makes them invincible? All Powerful? I swear I’ve seen far too many mages succumb to their own ego, spouting their revenge even as the pyre flames consume them.
The worst part about this is there is no helping them. You try to make them realize their arrogance, and they just ignore it, claiming you are just jealous, weak or other such nonsense. I really wonder why I never went through this stage. It seems to occur most often during that initial year of their awakening. Though I can possibly see where the feeling of near ‘godliness’ would come from. Receiving such potential power so quickly, and without prior preparation… I see how it could inflate one’s own self worth. Maybe it’s because I wasn’t alone in my magery that I didn’t succumb to the ego. Afterall I had certain individuals in my life who would smack me if I started to act like that. Though it could have also been due to the age in which I was awakened. Children do afterall see the world in a far more simple manner, their heads not already filled with visions of revenge and hate. I may have to study this further and see what the defining factor is in this mindset.
I truly do not like having to turn on my fellow mage, but alas one must also know when it is better to cut off a limb then let it rot and infect the rest of the body. I tried to reason with him, and I even made him quite aware that should he put me at risk, or get in the way of my plans, that I would see to his death… I don’t make idle threats, so noone can say I didn’t give him fair warning. At least his comrade saw reason, and separated himself from the salamander. I truly would have hated to see two mages have to be disposed of.
But alas that is life is it not? Sometimes things don’t go the way we planned and sacrifices must be made.