"I'm certain Madame de Fer would be quite fine with Silencing." The bitter comment is out before he can stop it, and Anders closes his eyes before shaking his head. "My apologies. My temper is not what it should be right now. I can't see a universal agreement on Silencing, which is for the best."

Taking away parts of who mages are fixes nothing. Especially when this isn't a mage problem.

"The only thing I see getting worse at this point is exhaustion-related injuries. We may need to see if we can get a few people to work on poultices and boiling bandages to prepare for that."