The question makes her flinch and look down again. Why did she want to join? It seems like such a stupid, childish ambition in retrospect. She shrugs. "They saved Ferelden. I'm from there originally, my gran still lives in the Denerim alienage. And I don't know why they won't take me--it's 'not a good time,' or something." She draws her knees up to her chest, wraps her arms around them. "It doesn't matter anymore."