"If they only know obedience, I doubt anyone's taught them resistance of any kind. Just...submitting utterly to something else."

No, she's only read about this. Genitivi and other such writers have helped her grasp on the non-Dalish world, but she can't speak to Taas like she's an authority on the subject of his own people.

"From the perspective of another mage, I mean. There are techniques, and they can be different for everyone. We spend our whole lives perfecting it."