Luckily for them all, Skyhold is a secret - at least for the moment. Cassandra has no plans to allow Corpyheus time or leisure to discover it.
She frowns at Malcolm's words. His meaning is clear, even if he does not say it outright, and while she understands his position, she cannot find it in herself to encourage his line of thinking. Manipulating others, working behind the scenes to shape outcomes...that is the way of the Left Hand, not the Right, and Cassandra does not care for it.
"We are Seekers, not templars," she reminds him sharply, a hint of warning in her tone. "Our role is not to guide the Order, but to protect it from those who would see it corrupted. There are leaders among both the templars and the mages working with admirable effort to find a solution. Make no mistake, Malcolm. Should intervention become necessary, the Seekers will step in. I will do what is needed to keep order, and I trust you will do the same. But until that point..." She shakes her head. "We serve the Inquisition now, and not the Chantry. Our goals, our purpose, have changed. Remember that. We must ensure that neither the mages nor the templars pose a threat. But it is equally important - vitally so - that we stand united as a single force against Corypheus. For now, a working agreement between the mages and the templars is more important than what form that agreement takes."
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She frowns at Malcolm's words. His meaning is clear, even if he does not say it outright, and while she understands his position, she cannot find it in herself to encourage his line of thinking. Manipulating others, working behind the scenes to shape outcomes...that is the way of the Left Hand, not the Right, and Cassandra does not care for it.
"We are Seekers, not templars," she reminds him sharply, a hint of warning in her tone. "Our role is not to guide the Order, but to protect it from those who would see it corrupted. There are leaders among both the templars and the mages working with admirable effort to find a solution. Make no mistake, Malcolm. Should intervention become necessary, the Seekers will step in. I will do what is needed to keep order, and I trust you will do the same. But until that point..." She shakes her head. "We serve the Inquisition now, and not the Chantry. Our goals, our purpose, have changed. Remember that. We must ensure that neither the mages nor the templars pose a threat. But it is equally important - vitally so - that we stand united as a single force against Corypheus. For now, a working agreement between the mages and the templars is more important than what form that agreement takes."