"Surpassed, in fact!" is the cheerily-chirped response to Cosima's question, though Ness appears good-natured about her boredom, at least. She's not dead; that's a miracle of Rifter medicine she needs to be grateful for, and not throw in Stephen's face by flouting his rules regarding her recovery... No matter how difficult it is to stay abed and unproductive for this long.

"I've been spending the time considering what should be done with me now—I'm something of a singular resource, aren't I, at least while Madame de Foncé is in Orzammar?"

Perhaps it's a bit gauche to refer to oneself as a resource, but Ness doesn't seem bothered by it. It's merely a practical description of what she is now, after all.

"Do we have records of what experiments were run on Madame after her own amputation? It would be prudent to determine if their conclusions are replicable with me."