"This is the part where I regret not bringing Lux. He'd have hated almost being eaten but he'd be useful for this." But she left him back in Kirkwall to let him continue settling happily into a new home, to make sure Korrin didn't come back to empty rooms and to see that the new diplomacy office didn't look so bare with that big lovely fireplace to sleep in front of.

Still, she doesn't really hear much about Arlathan that hasn't come from someone else writing about it, that someone usually being human. Because there are things that Araceli's been told or had implied beyond the shadow of a doubt that aren't for her with her friends because she's human so she doesn't push it even when she just wants to know, to understand. "All of Arlathan sank, no? That's how it's described as happening which is...well similar but different to our story but no one's been clear on what it was exactly." She offers Ellana her map in the meantime since she's been on a fishing trip or two so they might be coming close to one of those if she's been other places, keeping a watch for any of the damned cats.