"Mayhaps 'twas only the attack that was planned. That it struck against agents of the Inquisition and continued may have been no more than the mage leading the party expecting it to be no more than a noble making passage and refusing to stand down when the truth was revealed."

She was inclined to think the worse of the Dalish, true. That is why she continues, "I am ill at ease, but we cannot abandon this course. Whatever must be done to make them listen cannot fall so pleasingly upon their ears that it fails to address what they have done. Justice cannot be sacrificed to charm and flattering their egos."