There are, he thinks, a thousand and one things he could say that might be clearly offered advice; it's not as though he has done anything to hide or disengage with his opinions about the Dalish and their intentions in Thedas. He has memories and information that he would gladly tell them all - but experience has taught him that few are willing to listen, and those that hold fast to myth and legend that have shaped their lives. The experience is not their fault, of course, but the choice not to try and question those myths and learn more about their true history has him on edge.

"I have yet to hear all the suggestions and ideas," it's easy enough to admit: it's not as though he's been standing by the door listening to their every word. "Caution would be most beneficial, whatever it is that you choose to do. Your people stand in the midst of a world that frowns upon them and leaves them distrusted and shunned, no matter what aid they have been to the Inquisition proper. It would help the cause to have some of you punished for something that is misinterpreted or misjudged."

That, at least, he has experience in: an older apostate elf with no vallaslin and no ties? He's had his fair share.