That's incredible - about the dwarves and the Qunari - and more than a little enviable, at the moment. But she's distracted quite easily, because - a puzzle to solve? Dangling before her in the dark?

She thinks about it. "Sound, or touch," she says. "I can keep one hand on the rope as you climb? Tug on it after every meter to mark distance, like with nautical knots." Well, maybe not tug. "Like pulling on a lyre string, not like playing tug-war with me. So I can feel the vibrations down the rope and keep track of the distance."