Noting that flattened tone, Inessa briefly raises an eyebrow, not certain where that came from but not seeing the need to apologize for anything that was said. So she focuses on the rest, and glances to where Morrigan looks, spotting the stall shortly afterward. Garahel clears the way for them, a friendly wall of muscle that no one wants to be bowled over by. The stronger scent brought by closer proximity has her eager for some by now.

"A dangerous tome to keep, politically-speaking. The Chantry would most likely have seen it destroyed, rather than simply locked away. That Irving kept it perhaps indicates he did not tell them, for whatever reason." Now it's even more frustrating that she doesn't Irving's present fate. He could be another who had fallen to the mage rebellion, leaving such motivations forever a mystery. Why keep an apostate's tome? How did one manage to reach him, anyway?

At mention of Thranduil, she nods almost immediately. Informing the division head is only proper, and though he is not Thedosian, it might be that an outsider's perspective is exactly what's needed for a breakthrough. "He has my report on the Blackmarsh and what came of it. Whatever insight he has to offer is certainly welcome, of course. The potential for both those items is too great to be set aside."