"Honestly, I don't think I blame them," Waver admitted. Thedas' history had taught him quite a bit, and it was mostly that the elves got the shit end of the stick, and the qunari didn't seem to do much better. Neither did mages. Neither did-- well. Never mind. That was a long list to contemplate another day.

"Hm. I'd say that such an exploration group would need a team, including a pretty solid historian. I do wonder if magic in Thedas could replicate some techniques technology accomplishes back home, but that's likely a stretch." Magic being as monitored as it was, Waver doubted magical carbon dating was going to be possible. "I'd only be good at digging stuff up and making hmmm noises at it." And maybe mapping.

The idea of rifters as a form of exploration was interesting, but Waver frowned as he ran it over in his head. Perhaps he was failing to appreciate the perspective because he was evaluating it against Earth history, but something didn't sit right about the comparison. He hated not being able to articulate why.

"But that's a painfully recent development," he said finally, hitting upon the issue. "It doesn't account for centuries of stasis like the Blights and other events do." There. That was better. "Although you've pointed out that we've probably gotten the fastest turn around time from problems to friends in Thedas' history."