Unused to casual touching such as that, Inessa stiffens a bit. She prefers her personal space bubble to remain as it is, until she's come to know someone well. "True, but I can't say I know how to use them to that extent. I suspect it takes much exposure and practice, neither of which has been my experience. Darkspawn don't take to the sea, and we must go where they go.

"You're not wrong about the Chantry, of course. I wouldn't be the person to say that, not when I've seen with my own eyes what they could do and have not. Your queen's desires are admirable, though the marginalized here could never place such trust in a ruler. Even the ones who claim to be thinking of the common people act not in their best interests, but those who keep them in power. Halamshiral was proof enough of that." Celene was supposed to be supportive of the elves, interested in giving them more rights and freedoms...and yet, she had willingly torched the city to keep herself in power. Would the other nations of Thedas really have been all that different?