[It's hard to ignore her anger - it shows in the way her voice snaps, at the sudden chill in the air that he is all too sensitive to. It doesn't last too long, but he feels it linger, sinking into his bones.

He lets out a sharp exhale.]

I'm sure you can already figure out the basics. [Circle mage, left at some point, kept in hiding until--well, until then.] I don't know what you want me to say, Leblanc. I'm not here to give you some sob story virtually every other mage in Thedas has to offer.