Ellana blows out a thoughtful breath, giving the question time to sink in. It would be wonderful if this changed people's views, but she also knows (from personal experience with the clan) that change scares people and makes them hold on more stubbornly to what they know.

"I think it can only last if we refuse to be silent. If we allow everything to return to the way it was like the war between mages and Templars never happened, or elves, dwarves, and Qunari fade back into the background instead of standing tall and reminding everyone that we were a part of this too, then the prejudices of the past will return. We've saved people from rifts, ended countless conflicts, housed refugees, and if people try to brush that aside like we don't matter, we remind them that they'd be dead without us." Her face is serious when she's done and she turns her eyes on the shorter elf to see what she thinks of Ellana's view. It's a little intense, and certainly not the sort of milquetoast answer she might have given a year ago, but times change, and she doesn't want to see all they've accomplished be forgotten.