"I'm trying, but the trouble is, usually power favors anyone with magic because they have more to threaten with. A general could raise an army, but a mage could just incinerate the army and then say they're in charge of whatever the army was protecting."

He sounds rather sad. "And... Well. I'm one man. They outnumber me. Maybe if I were the murderous type I could just try and conquer the mages and say, 'I'm in charge, do what I say' but that hardly solves the problem. Not to mention, I'm not murderous."