It's easy to understand her feelings about it, being a mage himself - even if a lot of his personal feelings tended to take a different turn on many other issues regarding mages. But this wasn't the place and time for such things.

"I can't speak for him, of course, but I don't think he was dismissing your help - at least not deliberately." He pauses for a moment, trying to find the best way to phrase what he wanted to say next. "He and Zevran... its clear they've both dealt with this before. They can take care of themselves, and I guess they'd rather have to focus on the rest instead." And maybe he could be entirely wrong, but tension and friction between any of them was the last thing they needed right now.