She'd seen some dalliances, and one servant's marriage at Skyhold. They'd seemed joyful. For love. She'd also heard Orlesian nobles airily trading their children like stock for power. Alliances.

But it didn't matter what she thought of shem'len bondings.

"What do the shem'len do?" Nari asked carefully, tucking the blanket a little more snugly around Sina's thin shoulders.