He tries to not let disappointment show on his face, but Anders isn't great at hiding how he feels. Maker, how he hopes it isn't the cook. They don't need a mage behind the disappearances. They don't need mages killing, period.

"Many of them," he quietly agrees. Dorian, not so much. But most of the Tevinter mages he's heard about tend to be the unsavory sort. He'll meet with the cook after this and.... hope, as bad at it as he is.

"Have there been any issues with demons in the area?"