It's not without some visible gratitude that Benevenuta takes that hand - she doesn't seem too unsteady, but it's her first time and she's cautious, keenly aware of the tumbles she took (and the worse ones she only barely averted taking) on her first journey up to Skyhold. If Dorian hadn't been there -

Well, it didn't bear thinking of.

"In a manner of speaking," as far as voluntary possession goes. She warms a little, at the way Araceli's interest in understanding seems genuine; what she offers in return is interesting. It isn't so shocking that the rifters might actually have something to offer, it's just - that she hadn't really thought. She hadn't thought they didn't; she'd simply not thought about them at all, most of the time.

Perhaps it was a bit of an oversight. Maybe.

"Yours is a cyclic ritual. I think it must be beautiful, in its way."