That reaction has Inessa puzzled and she shakes her head. "You misunderstand. When I say the Circle was a home to me, I mean it. I thrived there, far more than I ever could have at the alienage. I had an education, access to vast amounts of lore. My time in the tower isn't resented at all, not when it gave me much-needed tools to survive and a sense of belonging I had nowhere else."