then he’ll give her something real to complain about, I reflected. Boscha didn’t discriminate. He was a petty little sadist to everyone. Even his favourites couldn’t relax around him. She’d be wiser to say nothing and soak up the lesson.
It sounds as if magicians chafed under the empire and when it fell, they didn’t have any restrictions on their behavior. No wonder in Emily’s time magicians are considering honorary nobility.
