Maybe having practice at this sort of thing even before Thedas makes it easier. Knowing how to rule your face for the little things that give you away and when it comes to the big things then it's natural enough that you have to remember to stop it. It's what made her a good bard before. What makes her good at inspiring people on the ship to do their jobs and go set sail with her.

Besides, she's worried all the time. Worrying is her damn job now with people under her command the way they never were before. The breath she exhales is careful because she remembers, she remembers all the painful things better than she does anything else at times. "Don't call them stupid," she murmurs softly, "they're frightened. How many of them were taught anything other than fear from what you and everyone else ever told me about how a Circle works? Desire is one of the most powerful things in the world, you know where I grew up Korrin, you know that I know how things like that work." Desire demons are a corruption of something natural and normal, taking it and turning it against a person but Araceli can understand it. She can.

Propping her chin up, she looks at Korrin again but tries to be as gentle as she's able to be these days. "Sirena you don't have to try to keep that part away even if I cannot help you fight it all the time."