Ashley looks a little lost, so Briar doesn't hesitate for a moment in answering her question. "Yes," he says firmly. And because he thinks Tris wouldn't mind, he continues, "Most people don't hire weather mages unless they're looking for battle magic or someone to move weather patterns around without caring who gets hurt. My sister won't do either of those things, though she easily could." It was the reason Tris was by far the least wealthy of the siblings, despite her power.
It had taken her a bit of time to accept the power in the first place, too. "When she was a kid, she didn't have control of her power, and she thought that the magic was something horribly wrong with her. She was more than half convinced she was a monster. Now? She's the most conscientious person I know. She has to be, when a bit of temper on her part could cost people their lives."
He may have said more than he meant to. Being away from the girls among people who don't know them has Briar talking about his sisters a little more freely than he would otherwise. Briar gestures down at his garden, adding, "And I could do things a lot more harmful than that. I have, in fact, but I really don't want to. Everyone has a choice in what to do with their abilities." Briar's seen terrible choices made, but the fact that Ashley worries about her power gives him some confidence she doesn't need to be concerned.
He doesn't mean to pressure Ashley, but Briar feels strongly about power not being inherently wrong or evil. Briar would believe it either way, after what he's seen in other people and felt in his own magic, but his foster sister's childhood is what really drove the point home.
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It had taken her a bit of time to accept the power in the first place, too. "When she was a kid, she didn't have control of her power, and she thought that the magic was something horribly wrong with her. She was more than half convinced she was a monster. Now? She's the most conscientious person I know. She has to be, when a bit of temper on her part could cost people their lives."
He may have said more than he meant to. Being away from the girls among people who don't know them has Briar talking about his sisters a little more freely than he would otherwise. Briar gestures down at his garden, adding, "And I could do things a lot more harmful than that. I have, in fact, but I really don't want to. Everyone has a choice in what to do with their abilities." Briar's seen terrible choices made, but the fact that Ashley worries about her power gives him some confidence she doesn't need to be concerned.
He doesn't mean to pressure Ashley, but Briar feels strongly about power not being inherently wrong or evil. Briar would believe it either way, after what he's seen in other people and felt in his own magic, but his foster sister's childhood is what really drove the point home.