For a dozen reasons. The uncomplicated version she might need to know is, "Interrupting what the Venatori mean to do here and closing the Rift is unlikely to fully drive out the Tevinter presence on the island. But it is in the war's best interests that we establish an outpost in the North that is willing and able to do damage to the trade through the Nocen Sea. Antiva has little interest in throttling commerce in any direction, but I wonder if Llomerryn crews might be swayed to aid whatever work remains to be done here once we've finished in the interest of establishing a partnership in the North with a like minded place."

This said as they pick their way through the long grass, his attention fixed more closely on the tread of his feet than on sliding any particularly meaningful or attentive sidelong looks to Derrica beside him.

"The practice of the account is different in the Amaranthine. It wouldn't hurt to have one or two reliable leads to begin work with."