[ oh. elf stuff. but then confusingly she also mentioned cloister like a Sister, but maybe it's a weird Circle. In Nevarra or something. ]

Believe what you will, but Chantry law defines us all the same regardless, and they are the ones enforcing their will on us. We can argue magic origin theory until we are blue in the face, but it won't make us any less mages, and it won't make us any more free.