"It sounds like a lot of useful questions, at least, even if you're so far short on answers." He seems thoughtful, turning over what she's told him. "Really, it's not a bad idea to ask locals -- you just need specific locals. People with both ties to the area and the right kind of knowledge to make them likely to be helpful. Unfortunately, a lot of those kinds of people aren't known for staying still in today's Thedas." Mages, both longstanding apostates and Circle rebels; the Dalish; anyone with more knowledge of antique magic than the Chantry had been comfortable allowing.

"It seems for every person the Inqusition recruits, we could easily put five more to work," he adds, almost absently as he thinks it over.