"A barrier protects against damage, not the elements though I do not doubt there are some who have adapted in such a way, hedge mages and apostates though, Circle mages were sheltered until now. A glyph if marked the right way can burn far longer and hotter than any fire made by conventional means though the truth is likely disappointing: twas cold where I grew up and even from a young age I had to fashion my own garb. By now I am more than used to it." Although when she was younger she at least wore warmer things than this and there are serious perks to being about to shapeshift but she's not about to suddenly start strolling around as a bear or a wolf, not here. "Where do you come from, you speak unlike most I have met here and that includes some of the Dalish who were already hardly typical of their kin."

But hey, you're already less annoying than Alistair and that's actually something of an achievement because Alistair levels of dislike merit a much more waspish response.