How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"That's everyone?" Somiss rasped. He hadn't so much as bothered to count the dead? No one answered him. He seemed not to notice. "You will soon be asked to recite the first song perfectly," he said. "You will go hungry until you can." (56.20)
Somiss (a) doesn't care about the dead, (b) thinks starvation is a valid learning tool, and (c) is oblivious to the suffering of others (but we knew that already). It's really disturbing that a person like that would be allowed to run an academy. Probably anyone who might contradict Somiss is either too afraid to do so, or has tried with disastrous results. Because arguing with wizards seems like a terrible idea.