That prompts a sip and a nod. "I have, a few times. When local Grey Wardens didn't have numbers to take on the darkspawn themselves, we'd get hired as backup. I don't know why we never got tainted, but then you never see Tal-Vashoth Grey Wardens. At any rate, I kept my distance and that worked well enough for me."

She tilts her head, thoughtful. "Is your native accent like the Ashara's? Do you still lapse into it?" And yes, maybe she wouldn't mind hearing it. That's worth a little derailing.