Because it offends the old guys who run everything. They don't want to be seen as having anything in common with the Downworlders.
FROM: fray.clary@cdc.org
That's what they call Warlocks btw. And also vampires, fairies, and werewolves. Pretty skeevy, right? They suck.
[ Her immediate thought is to give him an answer of nothing good. But then she pauses. She's not at home. There's no Jace to warn her off and nobody to really tell if she does admit to it.
And maybe she wants to be a bit boastful. ]
FROM: fray.clary@cdc.org
I blew up a ship before I came here. It literally just burst apart.
FROM: fray.clary@cdc.org
Also I can heal myself. And make myself sort of invisible.
[This whole explanation only gives him so many more questions, Clary! (ur name field has never been more appropriate.) Also excuse? Downworlders?? Who are these old scrubs. Because no.]
FROM: collins.chase@cdc.org
Back up. What are they even running, really?
FROM: collins.chase@cdc.org
Alright, that? Is cool. You have to show me. On something that's not the ship we're about to live on, preferably.
The world? Mostly. Where I'm from the Shadowhunters are kind of like ... invisible forces. Normal people can't tell they're there. And they have a council who mostly tells the soldiers what to do.
FROM: fray.clary@cdc.org
They hate anyone who isn't a Shadowhunter. It's seriously racist and gross.
FROM: fray.clary@cdc.org
Considering I nearly drowned last time? Yeah, I think we'll skip trying it on the Nehada.
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FROM: collins.chase@cdc.org
Wait, why can't you call it magic?
FROM: collins.chase@cdc.org
What can you do with it?
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Because it offends the old guys who run everything. They don't want to be seen as having anything in common with the Downworlders.
FROM: fray.clary@cdc.org
That's what they call Warlocks btw. And also vampires, fairies, and werewolves. Pretty skeevy, right? They suck.
[ Her immediate thought is to give him an answer of nothing good. But then she pauses. She's not at home. There's no Jace to warn her off and nobody to really tell if she does admit to it.
And maybe she wants to be a bit boastful. ]
FROM: fray.clary@cdc.org
I blew up a ship before I came here. It literally just burst apart.
FROM: fray.clary@cdc.org
Also I can heal myself. And make myself sort of invisible.
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FROM: collins.chase@cdc.org
Back up. What are they even running, really?
FROM: collins.chase@cdc.org
Alright, that? Is cool. You have to show me. On something that's not the ship we're about to live on, preferably.
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The world? Mostly. Where I'm from the Shadowhunters are kind of like ... invisible forces. Normal people can't tell they're there. And they have a council who mostly tells the soldiers what to do.
FROM: fray.clary@cdc.org
They hate anyone who isn't a Shadowhunter. It's seriously racist and gross.
FROM: fray.clary@cdc.org
Considering I nearly drowned last time? Yeah, I think we'll skip trying it on the Nehada.