It's not exactly friendly, no. [Inessa shrugs as Garahel observes them, glancing back and forth as they speak.] Nor is 'rabbit', which at best is condescending, though the the slur 'knife-ear' is almost always a precursor to violence against elves. If you hear that, there will be trouble. If you hear it in Orlais, there will be trouble and those involved will get away with it.

Fortunately, we're based in the Free Marches, more specifically the city of Kirkwall. The provisional Viscount tolerates the presence of the Inquisition, and that gives us some measure of protection. Even so, the city has deep scars from the past. It's not the more removed location Skyhold would have been for newcomers, for better or for worse.